Notifiable disease/condition reporting

NOTIFIABLE DISEASE / CONDITION REPORTING

All Georgia physicians, laboratories, and other health care providers are required by law to report patients with the following conditions. Both lab-confirmed and clinical diagnoses are reportable within the time interval specified below.
REPORT IMMEDIATELY
To Report Immediately
Call: District Health Office or 1-866-PUB-HLTH (1-866-782-4584)

Reporting enables appropriate public health follow-up for your patients, helps identify outbreaks, and provides a better understanding of disease trends in Georgia. For the latest information from the DPH, Department of Public Health, visit their web site at: www. health.state.ga.us
REPORT WITHIN 7 DAYS
To Report Within 7 Days
Report cases electronically through the State Electronic Notifiable Disease Surveillance System at http://sendss.state.ga.us (SEE REPORTING FOOTNOTES BELOW.)

any cluster of illnesses animal bites anthrax all acute arboviral infections:
-Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) -LaCrosse Encephalitis (LAC) -St. Louis Encephalitis (SLE) -West Nile Virus (WNV) botulism brucellosis cholera diphtheria E. coli O157 Haemophilus influenzae (invasive)* hantavirus pulmonary syndrome hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) hepatitis A (acute) measles (rubeola) meningitis (specify agent) meningococcal disease novel influenza A virus infections pertussis plague poliomyelitis Q fever rabies (human & animal) severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) shiga toxin positive tests S. aureus with vancomycin MIC > 4g/ml smallpox syphilis (congenital & adult) tuberculosis latent TB infection in children<5 years old tularemia viral hemorrhagic fevers
Potential agent of bioterrorism.
* Invasive = isolated from blood, bone, CSF, joint, pericardial, peritoneal,
or pleural fluid.

AIDS# aseptic meningitis blood lead level (all) campylobacteriosis chancroid Chlamydia trachomatis (genital
infection) Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD),
suspected cases, under age 55 cryptosporidiosis cyclosporiasis ehrlichiosis giardiasis gonorrhea HIV# hearing impairment
(permanent, under age 5) hepatitis B
-acute hepatitis B -newly identified HBsAg+ carriers** -HBsAg+ pregnant women hepatitis C virus infection (past or present) influenza-associated death (all ages) legionellosis

leptospirosis listeriosis*** leprosy or Hansen's disease
(Mycobacterium leprae) Lyme disease lymphogranuloma venereum malaria maternal death## mumps psittacosis Rocky Mountain spotted fever rubella (including congenital) salmonellosis shigellosis streptococcal disease, Group A or B
(invasive)* Streptococcus pneumoniae
(invasive)* - report with antibiotic-resistance
information tetanus toxic shock syndrome toxoplasmosis typhoid Varicella (Chickenpox) Vibrio infections yersiniosis

* Invasive = isolated from blood, bone, CSF, joint, pericardial, peritoneal, or pleural fluid. ** HBsAg+ = hepatitis B surface antigen positive. *** L. monocytogenes isolated from blood, bone, CSF, joint, pericardial, peritoneal, or pleural fluid,
or other normally sterile site; or from placenta or products of conception in conjunction with fetal death or illness. Infant mortality is reportable to Vital Records.
REPORTING HIV/AIDS: # Report forms and reporting information for HIV/AIDS available by telephone (1-800-827-9769)
OR at http://health.state.ga.us/epi/hivaids/reportinginformation.asp. For mailing HIV/AIDS reports, please use double envelopes marked "confidential", addressed to Georgia Department of Public Health Epidemiology Section, P.O.Box 2107, Atlanta, GA 30301 Report forms and reporting information for hearing impairment available at http://health.state.ga.us/programs/unhs/reporting.asp
REPORT WITHIN 1 MONTH
birth defects (under age 6) maternal deaths (during pregnancy or within 1 year of delivery)
Report forms and reporting information for birth defects and maternal deaths available at http://health.state.ga.us/epi/mch/publications.asp
Healthcare-associated Infections (HAIs) For facilities required to report HAI data to CMS via NHSN. Report in accordance with the NHSN protocol. Reporting requirements and information available at http://health.state.ga.us/epi/hai/.
REPORT WITHIN 6 MONTHS
benign brain and central nervous system tumors cancer
Report forms and reporting information for tumors and cancer found at http://health.state.ga.us/programs/gccr/reporting.asp
(Rev 05-02-13)