Category 1 Reportable Diseases Introduction Category I Diseases Category II Diseases Reporting Requirements Inpatient Ambulatory Clinics Laboratory Reportable Significant Findings Select Chapter: Chapters Standard Airborne Droplet Contact Disease List Occ. Exposure TB Prevention Sterilization IC Guidelines Reportable Dis. General Info Search Manual: Yale New Haven Hospital QISS GB 325 New Haven, CT 06504 USA Dr. Jeff Topal 688-4634

Category 1 Reportable Diseases Reportable immediately by telephone on the day of recognition or strong suspicion of disease. On weekdays reports are made to the local and State health departments; on weekends, to DPH. A Confidential Disease Report (PD-23) or more disease-specific report form should be mailed to both the local and State health departments within 12 hours. Changes for the year 2003 are noted in bold.   Chickenpox* · admission to hospital, any age · adults > 18 years, any clinical    setting Tuberculosis Yellow Fever Cholera  Diseases which are possible   indicators of bioterrorism:  Anthrax  Botulism  Brucellosis   Gram positive rod septicemia   or meningitis, growth  within   72 hours of inoculation   in laboratory*  Outbreaks of unusual disease   or illness (1)  Plague  Q fever  Ricin poisoning  Smallpox  Staphylococcal enterotoxin B   pulmonary poisoning  Tularemia  Venezuelan equine encephalitis  Viral hemorrhagic fever Diphtheria Measles Meningococcal disease Outbreaks   Foodborne > 2 persons   Institutional   Unusual disease or illness (1) Pertussis Poliomyelitis Rabies (human and animal) Rubella (including congenital) Staphylococcus aureus disease,   reduced or resistant susceptibility   to vancomycin (2) Individual cases of "significant unusual illness" are also reportable. Report only to the State. Last modified: Febraury 24, 2003. Copyright ©2001 Yale New Haven Hospital, Quality Improvement Support Services. All rights reserved. Comments or suggestions to the site editor. Home URL: http://www.ynhh.org