Disease Reporting Information For Providers

Diseases that Must Be Reported

• Clinicians are legally required to report Title 17 Diseases to the Placer County Health Department

• California Code of Regulations, Title 17, Section 2505 requires laboratories to report laboratory testing results suggestive of the Reportable Laboratory Conditions of public health importance to Placer County Health Department

Electronic Disease Reporting

Submit your Confidential Morbidity Reports (CMR) electronically through CalREDIE, California's web-based reporting system. To become a CalREDIE user, please complete and submit the CalREDIE User Registration Form and HIV/AIDS confidentiality Agreement. For more information, please call 530.889.7141

Helpful Links and Tools

• CalREDIE Provider Portal (PP) Fact Sheet
• For CalREDIE technical assistance, please call 530-889-7141 and ask to speak to a CalREDIE liaison

Note: Animal Bite Reports cannot be submitted through the CalREDIE system. Animal Bite Report Forms must be faxed within 2 hours to 530-886-5515

How to Report an Animal Bite

• Fill out Animal Bite Report in full detail
• FAX animal bite report within 2 hours to: Placer County Animal Services Attention: Urgent Animal Bite
• Phone: (530) 886-5500
• Fax: (530) 886-5515

Note: Mailing reports delays mandatory quarantine protocols and can put others at risk of coming in contact with the animal. Rabies virus is transmitted through the saliva of a rabid animal when it bites a person or another animal. Any bite from a wild animal or unknown animal should be considered as a possible source of rabies.

Confidential Morbidity Report Forms

• Use the CMR-General Form for reporting all conditions except Tuberculosis and conditions reportable to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
• Use the CMR-TB Form to report Tuberculosis
• Use the CMR-LOC Form to report Lapses of Consciousness or Control, Alzheimer's Disease or other conditions which may impair the ability to operate a motor vehicle safely (pursuant to H&S103900). Please indicate specific disorder under "Condition being reported"
• Use the CMR-Animal Patients Form to report communicable diseases for animal patients

Reporting HIV/AIDS

• For pediatric patients <12 years of age at time of diagnosis, complete the Pediatric HIV/AIDS Confidential Case Report.
• For adult patients >13 years of age at time of diagnosis, complete the Adult HIV/AIDS Confidential Case Report and the HIV Testing and Antiretroviral Use History Form

Mailing Instructions for Reporting HIV/AIDS:

Double envelope all HIV/AIDS related materis

• Outer envelope (e.g. sender or recipient address or label) must have no references to HIV/AIDS
• Inner envelope will be marked "Confidential", sealed, and addressed to an authorized individual
• All mail must be sent by traceable courier services only, FedEX
• Electonic mail transmission (e-mail) of case informaiton containing personal identifiers is strictly prohibited, faxing this information is not recomended.

Mailing Address:

Candy Jensen (Surveillance Coordinator)
11484 B Ave
Auburn, CA 95603
Tel: 530-889-7147
Fax: 530-886-2945

Reporting Outbreaks

Outbreaks must be reported to Placer County Health Department immediately

How to Report Gastrointestinal Outbreaks

1. Complete and submit the Initial GI Outbreak Report Form by faxing it to 530-886-2945
2. Complete and submit the GI Line List spreadsheet every 24 hours until all symptomatic cases resolve. Your CD investigator will instruct you where to send the line list

Guidelines:

Recommendations for the Prevention and Control of Viral Gastroenteritis Outbreaks In California Long-Term Care Facilities

How to Report a Respiratory Illness Outbreak

1. Complete and submit the Initial Respiratory Illness Outbreak Report Form by faxing it to 530-886-2945
2. Complete and submit the Respiratory Illness Line List spreadsheet every 24 hours until all symptomatic cases resolve. Your CD investigator will instruct you where to send the line list

Guidelines

Recommendations for the Prevention and Control of Influenza in California Long Term Care Facilities, 2008-2009

Placer County Public Health Laboratory

Influenza specimens can be tested at the Placer County Public Health Laboratory. Lab Address and Buisness Hours

Useful Links

California Department of Public Health- Division of Communicable Disease Control
Centers for Disease Control- Diseases & Conditions A-Z
Placer County Public Health Laboratory
Placer County Clinics
World Health Organization

Contact Information

For any concerns or questions regarding communicable diseases, please call 530-889-7141