Infectious Disease Reporting
This reference is available on the ODH website and contains important information about infectious diseases from a public health perspective.
What is the Infectious Disease Control Manual (ICDM)?
When a hospital encounters a patient that has a suspected or confirmed Class A disease, they must immediately report it to this agency.
Who is the local health department?
This local agency can activate an Emergency Operations Center (EOC) during an incident.
What is YYYY Emergency Management Agency (EMA)?
This state department oversees livestock disease surveillance in Ohio.
What is the Ohio Department of Agriculture?
Reportable diseases are broken into these three classifications.
What is Class A, B, and C?
This is the first step to the reporting process when a local health department receives notification of a suspected or confirmed Class A disease.
What is contact the Ohio Department of Health Bureau of Infectious Diseases (BID) through the ODH 24/7 Class A reporting number?
The voluntary sharing of resources between local or state agencies and organizations to support a response.
What is mutual aid?
Deer populations in Ohio infected with EHD are managed by this state agency.
What is the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR)?
Anthrax or Measles receive this classification due to the potential for an epidemic spread and the severity of the disease.
What is Class A?
Local health departments should enter Class A reportable diseases into this system that is monitored by the Bureau of Infectious Diseases (BID) within 24 hours.
What is the Ohio Disease Reporting System (ODRS)?
This state official is the only one who can request assets from the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS).
Who is the Governor?
This state partner works with local health departments to monitor public health and manage disease outbreaks.
What is the Ohio Department of Health (ODH)?
Diseases of significant public health concern, such as Zika or Hepatitis A, receive this classification and need to be reported to Bureau of Infectious Disease (BID) within 24 hours after being notified.
What is Class B?
Anthrax, Measles, and Diphtheria fall into this class of diseases.
What is Class A?
This operational structure can be opened to support a response through coordination of emergency response efforts, management of resources, and facilitation of communications among agencies.
What is the EOC?
This Ohio agency monitors wastewater management.
What is the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency?
A foodborne, waterborne, or zoonotic outbreak that is not already classified as A or B would be classified as this.
What is Class C?
Because of potential for epidemic spread, this class of diseases, which includes Legionnaire’s disease, Pertussis, and Hepatitis A, must be reported by next business day.
What is Class B?
This system is a standardized approach to command, control and coordination of an incident that allows multiple agencies to come together and operate within a common hierarchy.
What is the Incident Command System (ICS)?
This state department aims to help seniors live in their own homes and communities for as long as possible.
What is the Ohio Department of Aging?