Reporting Process for Communicable Diseases

Hospital Reporting

• Patient arrives in ER showing signs of TB is admitted to medical floor for laboratory testing.
• Laboratory Tests Confirms TB. Patient is Isolated. Physician reports the the Local Heatlh Athority within 24 hours by phone per California Code of Regulations Title 17-2500 (CDPH, 2016)

Laboratory Reporting

• Per Title 17 section 2505- The laboratory that identifies a culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from patient specimin must submit the culture to the local public health laboritory for further testing and strain isolation (CDPH, 2016)

State Public Health

• CDPH recieves report of any communicable diseases and works to identify and control threat to the publics health (CDPH, 2016). Health officer investigates and takes measrues to control including isolation and quarantine (CDPH, 2013)
• Reports communicable Desease to the CDC -National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (CDC Staff, 2016)

National Regulation

• Secretary of Health and Human Services oversee the CDC along with other agencies to monitor and prevent communicable disease outbreaks (HHS Staff, 2016)
• CDC is the national health protection agency. They assist with Federal, State, Local and International outbreaks. They monitor national health and maintain the reporting systems (CDC, 2016)

International Coordination

• HHS Secretary reports to the U.S. President on national and international outbreaks. Recieves orders from the President to work with other agencies such as the WHO
• World Health Organization monitors and prevent disease outbreaks accross national borders (Dentinger & Simmerman, 2016)

Reference

• California Department of Public Health Staff. (2016). Title 17 California Code and Regulations and Reportable Diseases and Conditions. California Department of Public Health. Retrieved from 1. http://www.cdph.ca.gov/HealthInfo/Pages/ReportableDiseases.aspx
• California Department of Public Health Staff. (2016). Reportable conditions: Notification by laboratories. California Department of Public Health. Retrieved from http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/sss/Documents/Title17Sec2505-01-14.pdf
• California Department of Public Health Staff. (2013). Health officer practice guid for communicable disease control in California. California Department of Public Health. Retrieved from http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/dcdc/Documents/Health-Officer-Practice-Guid...
• CDC Staff. (2016). National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved from https://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/data-collection.html
• CDC Staff. (2016). About CDC 24-7. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/about/default.htm
• Dentinger, C.M. & Simmerman, J.M. (2016). Infectious Disease: A Global Perspective. Chapter 92 In Mason, D.J., Gardner, D.B., Outlaw, F.H. & O'Grady, E.T. (eds. 7). Policy & Politics in Nursing and Health Care. (pp713-727). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier
• HHS.gov staff. (2016). About HHS. HHS.gov. Retrieved from http://www.hhs.gov/about/index.html