Infection Control Manual, Reportable Diseases

Reportable Diseases
	Introduction
	Category I Diseases
	Category II Diseases
	Reporting Requirements Inpatient Ambulatory Clinics
	Laboratory Reportable Significant Findings

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Yale New Haven Hospital
QISS
GB 325
New Haven, CT
06504 USA

Dr. Jeff Topal
688-4634


Category 2 Reportable Diseases

Reportable by mail within 12 hours of recognition or strong suspicion to both the DPH and local health departments. Changes for 2003 are indicated in bold.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome^2,3 Babesiosis Campylobacteriosis Carbon monoxide poisoning⁴ Chancroid Chlamydia (C. trachomatis) Chickenpox Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (age < 55 years) Cryptosporidiosis Cyclosporiasis Ehrlichiosis Encephalitis Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection Gonorrhea Group A streptococcal disease, invasive⁵ Group B streptococcal disease, invasive⁵ Haemophilus influenzae disease, invasive, all stereotypes⁵ Hansen's disease (Leprosy) Hemolytic-uremic syndrome Hepatitis A, C, Delta, Non-A/non-B Hepatitis B - acute infection - HBsAg positive pregnant woman HIV-1 exposure in infant born 1/1/2001 or later (2,6) HIV-1 infection in: (2) • person with active tuberculosis disease • person with latent tuberculosis infection (history or tuberculin skin test > 5mm induration by Mantoux technique) • child < 13 years of age • person > 13 years of age not included above (7)	Lead Toxicity (blood lead > 20 ug/dL Legionellosis Listeriosis Lyme disease Malaria Mercury poisoning Mumps Neonatal herpes (<1 month age) Occupational asthma Pneumococcal disease, invasive⁵ Reye syndrome Rheumatic fever Rocky Mountain spotted fever Salmonellosis Shiga toxin-related disease (gastroenteritis) Shigellosis Silicosis Staphylococcus aureus methicillin-resistant disease, invasive, community acquired^5,7 Syphilis Tetanus Toxoplasmosis Trichinosis Typhoid fever HIV-1 infection in: (2) • person with active tuberculosis disease • person with latent tuberculosis infection (history or tuberculin skin test > 5mm induration by Mantoux technique) • child < 13 years of age Typhus Vaccinia disease* • persons not vaccinated • persons vaccinated with the following manifestations: autoinoculation, generalized vaccinia, eczema vaccinatum, progressive vaccinia, or post-vaccination encephalitis Vibrio parahaemolyticus infection Vibrio vulnificus infection

Report only to the State.
CDC case definition.
Includes persons being treated in hyperbaric chambers for suspect CO poisoning.
Invasive disease: confirmed by isolation from blood, CSF, pericardial fluid, joint fluid, bone, and intraoperative swab from a normally sterile site or normally sterile tissue obtained during surgery.
Exposure includes all infants born to known HIV-infected mothers.
Reports for this catagory of people only can be made either by using name and full street address as the patient identifier or by using a state-specified unique identifier (UI) and town of residence. To make the UI, the first 3 letters of the patient's last name, date of birth, race and sex need to be reported.
Community acquired: infection present on admission to hospital and person has no previous hospitalizations or regular contact with the health-care setting.

Last modified: February 25, 2003.