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Disease Reporting and Surveillance
Contact the Florida Department of Health
- The Bureau of Epidemiology is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 850-245-4401
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Mailing Address
Florida Department of Health
4052 Bald Cypress Way
Tallahassee, FL 32399
Legend
| ❗ | Report immediately 24/7 by phone upon initial suspicion or laboratory test order |
| ❗* | Report immediately during business hours by phone upon initial suspicion or laboratory test order |
| ☎ | Report immediately 24/7 by phone |
| ● | Report next business day |
| + | Other reporting timeframe |
| ✉ | Submit isolate or specimen for confirmation |
All practitioners, healthcare facilities, and laboratories in Florida are required to notify the DOH of diseases or conditions of public health significance under Section 381.0031, Florida Statutes and Chapter 64D-3, Florida Administrative Code (FAC).
Below are resources to surveillance and investigation protocols, including disease-specific Guide to Surveillance and Investigation (GSI) chapters. Each GSI chapter includes a section on disease reporting, the disease or condition and its epidemiology, case definition(s), laboratory testing, case investigation, controlling further spread, managing sensitive situations, and important links and references. All reportable diseases (excluding HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis) are listed with the required reporting timeframe, case definition, GSI chapter, and case report form.
- Merlin Extended Data Information for County Health Departments
- REPORTING RESOURCES FOR COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS
- Guidance Documents for County Health Departments
- Laboratory Documents for County Health Departments
- Previously Reportable Diseases and Conditions
Please note that many diseases have an electronic extended data screen available in Merlin (Florida’s reportable disease surveillance system) to capture disease-specific risk factors. Paper case report forms (CRFs) are available for these diseases as a tool to assist in case investigation and interview. Some diseases do not have an extended data screen available in Merlin and a paper CRF must be completed and attached to the case in Merlin. Other diseases do not have either an extended data screen or a paper CRF. The requirement for completing the Merlin extended data screen or a paper case report form is listed for each disease.
Maps
Food and Waterborne Disease Program Epidemiologist Coverage Map
Investigations Unit Epidemiologist and Laboratory Liaison Coverage Map
Florida Administrative Code and HIPAA
Florida Administrative Code and Florida Administrative Register
Chapter 64D-3, Florida Administrative Code
Public Health HIPAA Exempt Letter to Providers
Practitioner Reporting
Health Care Practitioner Reporting Guidelines for Reportable Diseases and Conditions in Florida (October 20, 2016)
List of Reportable Diseases/Conditions for Health Care Practitioners (October 20, 2016)
Practitioner Disease Reporting Form (October 20, 2016)
Laboratory Reporting
Laboratory Reporting Guidelines for Reportable Diseases and Conditions in Florida (October 20, 2016)
List of Reportable Diseases/Conditions for Laboratories (October 20, 2016)
General Reporting
Outbreak Intake Form (March 2018)
Basic Case Investigation Form (March 2012)
Product Complaint Form (November 1998)
Case Definitions and MMWR Weeks
For additional reporting resources, please contact the Bureau of Epidemiology at (850) 245-4401
Surveillance, Investigation & Reporting
Guidance for Monitoring of Persons Exposed to Communicable Infectious Diseases of Public Health Importance (January 2016)
Recommendations for Interview and Investigation of Reported Cases of Enteric Infections (March 15, 2012)
Guidelines for Control of Outbreaks of Enteric Disease in Child Care Settings (May 2018)
Technical Assistance Guidelines: Epidemiology Guide to Surveillance and Investigation (January 2017)
Guidelines for Prevention and Control of Infections Due to Antibiotic-Resistant Organisms (July 2017)
Checklist: Guidelines for Influenza-like Illness Outbreaks in Long-Term Care Facilities (January 2018)
Revised Guidelines for Determining Residency for Disease Notification Purposes, CSTE PS 11-SI-04 (January 2005)
Removed June 4, 2014
Encephalitis (Other, Non-Arboviral)
Staphylococcus aureus, Community-Associated Mortality
Streptococcal Invasive Disease (Group A)
Toxoplasmosis
Typhus Fever, Endemic (Rickettsia typhi)
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