Communicable Disease Reporting

Reporting Resources on this page:

• Health Care Providers and Laboratorians
• Local Health Departments
• Disease Reporting Posters
• Outbreak Summary Forms

Health Care Providers and Laboratorians

All Oregon physicians, other health care providers and laboratorians are required by law to report certain diseases and conditions to local health departments (pdf). Some cases are subject to restrictions (OAR Division 19) on school attendance, day care attendance, patient care, and food handling. Reporting enables appropriate public health follow-up for patients, helps identify outbreaks, and provides a better understanding of Oregon morbidity patterns. In 2007, the Oregon Legislative Assembly passed HB 2524 (pdf) authorizing the Health Care Acquired Infection Advisory Committee, a statutorily mandated committee, to advise Oregon Health Policy and Research (OHPR) on the development of a health care acquired infections reporting program in Oregon.

• How and where to report
• What and when to report

For more resources, see our page for Health Care Providers and Laboratorians.

Local Health Departments

Listed below are key resources for LHDs related to disease reporting.

• Investigative guidelines
• Case report forms
• Outbreak investigation

Disease Reporting Posters

Visit What and When to Report to view new reportables  - are highlighted on poster

Clinicians, 11x17 (pdf)

Laboratories, 11x17 (pdf)

Healthcare-Associated Infections, 11x17 (pdf)

CRE, 11x17 (pdf)

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Disease Reporting Posters

• Get updated reporting posters for clinicians, laboratories, HAIs and CRE

Reporting Rules

• Communicable disease rules
  Investigation and Control of Disease OARs and other related rules

All Oregon physicians, other health care providers, and laboratorians are required by law to report certain diseases and conditions to local health departments.

Surveillance Data

The Oregon Public Health Division collects data to inform physicians and the public about the infections that are identified in Oregon and whom they tend to affect.

• Get communicable disease surveillance data
  

• Diseases A-Z Index

Outbreak Summary Forms

All suspected food or waterborne outbreaks should be reported immediately to the on-call OHA epidemiologists. This form is usually completed by the OHA epidemiologist who is assigned to work with LHD staff on the investigation.

• Gastroenteritis (Foodborne Transmission) Outbreak Summary (pdf) (3/2011)

• Gastroenteritis (Non-foodborne Transmission) Outbreak Summary (pdf) (3/2011)

• Gastroenteritis (Indeterminate Transmission) Outbreak Summary (pdf) (3/2011)

• Non-GI Outbreak Summary (pdf) (10/2004)

• Waterborne Outbreak Summary (pdf) (CDC 12/1996)