Updated October 2015
Training Materials produced by the Tuscarawas County Health Department utilizing the Ohio Department of Health Infectious Disease Control Manual (IDCM) and Ohio
Administrative Code Chapter 3701-3

This is a self guided training tool provided to any surveillance site to familiarize individuals with reporting requirements established in Ohio Administrative Code
3703-3-01 through 3701-3-31

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Ohio reportable disease reporting requirements outline
WHO must report including:
 Healthcare providers (physicians, hospitals, infection preventionists) with knowledge of a case or suspected case of a disease which must be reported
 Laboratorians that examine specimens of human origin with evidence of diseases which are required to be reported
 Any individual having knowledge of a person suffering from a disease suspected of being communicable

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Diseases on Ohio’s ABC list

Effective May 1, 2015
Name Class
Amebiasis
Anthrax
Arboviral neuroinvasive and nonneuroinvasive disease
Babesiosis
Botulism, infant
Botulism, wound
Brucellosis
Campylobacteriosis
Chancroid
Chlamydia trachomatis infections
Chikungunya
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
A
B

Name
Cholera
Coccidioidomycosis
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)
Cryptosporidiosis
Cyclosporiasis
Dengue
Diphtheria
E.Coli and Shiga toxin producing E.Coli
Eastern equine encephalitis virus disease
Ehrlichiosis/Anaplasmosis
Giardiasis
Gonorrhea
Haemophilus Influenzae
Hantavirus
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
Class
A
B
B
B
B
B
A

Name
Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B (non-perinatal)
Hepatitis B (perinatal)
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis D (delta hepatitis)
Hepatitis E
Influenza A – novel virus
Influenza-associated hospitalization
Influenza-associated pediatric mortality
LaCrosse virus disease (other California serogroup virus disease)
Legionnaire’s disease
Leprosy (Hansen disease)
Leptospirosis
B
A
B
B
B
Class
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B

Name
Listeriosis
Lyme Disease
Malaria
Measles
Meningitis, aseptic (viral)
Meningitis, bacterial
Meningococcal disease
MERS
Mumps
Mycobacterial disease, other than TB (MOTT)
Other anthropod-borne disease
Outbreaks: community, foodborne, healthcareassociated, institutional, waterborne, zoonotic
Pertussis
Class
A
A
B
B
B
B
B
B
A
B
B
C
B

Name
Plague
Poliomyelitis (including vaccine associated cases)
Powassan virus diease
Psittacosis
Q fever
Rabies, human
Rubella (congenital)
Rubella (non congenital)
Salmonellosis
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
Shigellosis
Smallpox
Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis, including Rocky
Mountain spotted fever (RMSF)
Class
A
B
B
A
B
B
A
B
A
B
B
B
B

Name
St. Louis encephalitis virus disease
Staphylococcus aureus, with resistance or intermediate resistance to vancomycin (VRSA,
VISA)
Streptococcal disease, group A, invasive
Streptococcal disease, group B, in newborn
Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS)
Streptococcus pneumonia, invasive disease
Syphilis
Tetanus
Toxic Shock Syndrome
Trichinellosis
Tuberculosis, including multi-drug resistant tuberculosis
Tularemia
Class
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
A

Name
Typhoid fever
Typhus fever
Varicella
Vibriosis
Viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF)
West Nile virus infection
Western equine encephalitis virus disease
Yellow fever
Yersinosis
Class
B
B
B
B
A
B
B
A
B

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Class A disease – immediately by phone
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Class B disease – by the end of the next business day
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Class C disease – by the end of the next business day

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Healthcare providers and laboratorians should report to the local health jurisdiction in which the case or suspected case resides
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If the residence is unknown, report to the local health jurisdiction in which the healthcare provider or laboratory is located
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If the residence is outside of Ohio, report to the state of patient residence

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Healthcare providers:
 Name of case or suspected case
 Diagnosis or suspected diagnosis
 Date of birth of case of suspected case
 Sex of case or suspected case
 Telephone number of case or suspected case
 Street address including city, state and zip code of case or suspected case
 Supplementary surveillance information
 Healthcare provider name, telephone number and street address

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Laboratorians:
 Name of case or suspected case
 Date of birth of case or suspected case
 Sex of case or suspected case
 Street address including city, state and zip code of case or suspected case
 Healthcare provider name, telephone number and street address
 Laboratory testing information
 Specimen identification number
 Specimen collection date
 Specimen type
 Test name
 Test result
 Organism and serotype, if possible

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Class A – immediately by phone, follow-up with HEA
3333 as instructed by health jurisdiction; follow up can also be done through direct entry into Ohio Disease
Reporting System (ODRS)
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Class B and C – HEA 3333; Class B and C can also be done through direct entry into ODRS
Labs that report 200 or more Class A,B or C diseases each year should be working towards
Electronic Laboratory Reporting (ELR)

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During normal business hours: Call (330) 343-5555 and press 0 to speak with the operator
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Ask to make a report to one of the following individuals:
 Infectious Disease Nurse
 Director of Nursing
 Health Commissioner
For Class B and C diseases reports can also be made via online form located at: http://www.tchdnow.org/infectious-disease-reporting.html

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TCHD has 24/7 capability for class A reporting and public health emergencies
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After-hours, weekend and holidays call (330) 343-5555 and listen to the prompts. You will be given another number to contact and be asked to leave a name and call back number
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A qualified staff member from TCHD will return your call promptly

Any questions regarding surveillance site reporting may be directed to TCHD at:
897 East Iron Avenue
Dover, Ohio 44622
(330) 343-5555 tusccohd@odh.ohio.gov
www.tchdnow.org