What to Report - Oklahoma State Department of Health

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What to Report

Oklahoma Administrative Code (OAC) 310:515 specifies which diseases and conditions are reportable and the timeframe and methods for reporting.
Reportable Disease Rules – OAC 310:515 (131k.pdf)

The Disease Reporting Manual further defines the specifics for clinical and laboratory reporting requirements for diseases and conditions. In addition to reporting requirements, the manual contains guidance in determining if an event should be reported, and specifies which specimens and isolates are required to be forwarded to the OSDH Public Health Laboratory.
Oklahoma Disease Reporting Manual (4,350k.pdf)

Reportable diseases and conditions poster(s):

Reportable Diseases/Conditions Poster for Healthcare Providers (238k.pdf)
Reportable Pathogens Poster for Laboratories (285k.pdf)

The following diseases are to be reported to the OSDH by PHIDDO or telephone (405-271-4060) immediately upon suspicion, diagnosis, or positive test:

Anthrax	Hepatitis B during pregnancy (HBsAg+)	Poliomyelitis
Bioterrorism-suspected disease	Measles (Rubeola)	Rabies
Botulism	Meningococcal invasive disease	Smallpox
Diphtheria	Novel coronavirus	Tularemia
H. influenzae (sterile site)	Novel influenza A	Typhoid fever
Hepatitis A (Anti-HAV-IgM+)	Plague	Viral hemorrhagic fever

The following diseases are to be reported to the OSDH by PHIDDO or telephone within one business day:

Acid Fast Bacillus (AFB) positive smear (only if no additional testing is performed or subsequent testing is indicative of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex)	Lyme disease
AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome)	Malaria
Arboviral Infections (West Nile virus, St. Louis encephalitis virus, Eastern equine encephalitis virus, Western equine encephalitis virus, Powassan virus, California serogroup virus)	Mumps
Brucellosis	Pertussis
Campylobacteriosis	Psittacosis
Congenital rubella syndrome	Q Fever
Cryptosporidiosis	Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Dengue fever	Rubella
E. coli O157, O157:H7 or a Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC)	Salmonellosis
Ehrlichiosis	Shigellosis
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome	Staphylococcus aureus (VISA or VRSA)
Hemolytic uremic syndrome, postdiarrheal	Streptococcus pneumoniae invasive disease, children <5 years
Hepatitis B (HBsAg+, anti-HBc IgM+, HBeAg+, and/or HBV DNA+) ¹	Syphilis
Hepatitis C virus (in persons ≤ 40 years or in persons having jaundice or ALT ≥ 400 regardless of age with laboratory confirmation) ¹	Tetanus
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection	Trichinellosis
Influenza associated hospitalization or death	Tuberculosis
Legionellosis	Unusual disease or syndrome
Leptospirosis	Vibriosis including cholera
Listeriosis	Yellow Fever

¹ with entire Hepatitis panel results

The following diseases are to be reported to the OSDH by PHIDDO or telephone within one month:

CD4 Cell Count with cell count %	Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease	HIV viral load
Chlamydia infections (C. trachomatis)	Gonorrhea

Isolates of the following organisms must be sent to the OSDH Public Health Laboratory: P.O. Box 24106 OKC, OK 73214:

Bacillus anthracis	N. meningitidis (sterile site isolates only)
Brucella spp.	Plasmodium spp.
E. coli O157, O157:H7 or a Shiga toxin producing E. coli	Salmonella spp.
Francisella tularensis	Staphylococcus aureus (VISA or VRSA)
H. influenzae (sterile site isolates only)	Vibrio spp.
Listeria spp. (sterile site isolates only)	Yersinia spp.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Occupational or Environmental diseases:

The following laboratory results for adults and children must be reported to the OSDH Oklahoma Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program.

Laboratories and health care providers doing in-office testing must report blood lead level results equal to or greater than 5 µg/dL within one (1) week and results less than 5 µg/dL within one (1) month.

Laboratories and all health care providers must report blood lead level results of 20 µg/dL or greater within twenty-four (24) hours.