One of Public Health's main goals is to control and prevent the
spread of disease. Tarrant County Public Health works on multiple
fronts to do this.
Public Health maintains ongoing surveillance, control and prevention
efforts for a variety of diseases, some of which are common in Tarrant
County. Others are occasional health threats.
Epidemiology and Health Information
This area of Public Health continuously monitors the community's
health status, responds to dangerous infectious disease
occurrences, maintains health statistics and
data-bases of specific diseases, and will mobilize local,
state and federal resources when necessary to meet the health needs of
individuals and high-risk groups.
Health Informatics maintains multiple surveillance systems that
collect data from hospitals and clinics across North Texas and
structures health data in ways that facilitate decision-making. This
data is shared with community leaders, decision makers and partner
agencies.
North Texas Regional Laboratory
Our laboratory routinely tests water, milk and dairy products to ensure
consumer safety, performs bacterial and chemical analysis of drinking
water to detect harmful metals and organisms, and participates
in infectious disease surveillance for the north Texas region.
County Telephone Operator 817-884-1111
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