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Infectious Disease Reporting

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  • Reportable Diseases
  • Methods of Reporting
    • Report Immediately by Telephone
    • Phone Reporting
    • Report Forms
    • Order Reporting Forms
  • Persons Required to Report
  • Submitting Clinical Materials
  • Reporting Rule

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  • Annual Summary of Disease Activity
  • Minnesota Electronic Disease Surveillance System (MEDSS)
  • Reporting Blood Lead Test Results

Infectious Disease Reporting

  • Infectious Disease Reporting Home
  • Reportable Diseases
  • Methods of Reporting
    • Report Immediately by Telephone
    • Phone Reporting
    • Report Forms
    • Order Reporting Forms
  • Persons Required to Report
  • Submitting Clinical Materials
  • Reporting Rule

Related Topics

  • Annual Summary of Disease Activity
  • Minnesota Electronic Disease Surveillance System (MEDSS)
  • Reporting Blood Lead Test Results
Contact Info
Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division
651-201-5414
IDEPC Comment Form

Contact Info

Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division
651-201-5414
IDEPC Comment Form

Reporting Diseases by Phone
 

Any reportable infectious disease may be reported by phone to the Minnesota Department of Health.

Call 651-201-5414 or 877-676-5414 during business hours to report an infectious disease.

  • Please be prepared with as much of the following information as is known:
    • disease (whether a case, suspected case, carrier, or death)
    • date of first symptoms
    • primary signs and symptoms
    • patient name, birthdate, gender, ethnic and racial origin, residence address (including city, county, and zip code), telephone number, place of work/school/child care
    • date of report
    • health care practitioner name, address, and telephone number
    • name of hospital (if any)
    • name of person reporting (if not health care practitioner)
    • diagnostic laboratory findings and dates of tests
    • name and locating information of contacts (if any)
    • vaccination history for the disease reported
    • pregnancy status and expected date of delivery, if the infection can be transmitted during pregnancy or delivery
    • other information pertinent to the case

Other phone reporting

  • Report Immediately by Telephone: "24-7" Reporting
    Certain infectious diseases with particularly critical public health significance are reportable immediately by phone to the Minnesota Department of Health. Staff is available for disease consultation and reporting of those diseases 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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Last Updated: 09/18/2024

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