Dhhs 2124 Form PDF Details

In the realm of public health and patient care, the confidentiality and thorough reporting of communicable diseases hold paramount importance. The DHHS 2124 form, an essential document facilitated by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public Health, serves as a fundamental tool in the Epidemiology Section’s Communicable Disease Branch for this purpose. Mandated for use by healthcare providers, this form aims to capture crucial information about communicable diseases, ranging from patient demographics, clinical findings, potential exposure locations to diagnostic testing results. It underscores the collaborative effort between healthcare providers and public health officials in tracking, managing, and mitigating the spread of infectious diseases. By meticulously detailing instances of communicable diseases, the DHHS 2124 form not only ensures a swift response to public health threats but also contributes to a broader understanding of disease patterns within North Carolina. This concerted approach aids in safeguarding the community’s health, highlighting the form’s significance in disease prevention and control strategies.

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NC Electronic Disease Surveillance System

NC EDSS EVENT ID# ______________________________________________

NC Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public Health • Epidemiology Section Communicable Disease Branch

CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICABLE DISEASE REPORT – PART 1

NAME OF DISEASE/CONDITION

ATTENTION HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS: Please report relevant clinical findings about this disease event to the local health department.

Patient’s Last Name

 

First

 

Middle

 

Suffix

Maiden/Other

 

Alias

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Birthdate (mm/dd/yyyy)

 

Sex

 

 

 

Parent or Guardian (OF MINORS)

 

Medical Record Number

 

 

 

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Patients Street Address

 

 

 

 

City

 

 

State

 

ZIP

County

 

Phone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Age

Age Type

 

Race (check all that apply):

 

 

 

Ethnic Origin

 

Was patient hospitalized

Did patient die from

Is the patient

 

Years

 

White

 

Asian

Hispanic

 

for this disease?

this disease?

pregnant?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Months

 

Black/African American

 

Other

Non-Hispanic

 

(>24 hours)

 

Yes

No

 

Yes

No

 

Weeks

 

American Indian/Alaska Native

Unknown

 

 

Yes

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

Days

 

Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander

 

 

Date

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Patient is associated with (check all that apply):

In what geographic location was the patient MOST LIKELY exposed?

In patient’s county of residence

Child Care (child, household contact, or worker in child care)

School (student or worker) College/University (student or worker) Food Service (food worker)

Health Care (health care worker) Migrant Worker Camp

Correctional Facility (inmate or worker) Long Term Care Facility

(resident or worker) Military (active military, dependent, or recent retiree) Travel (outside continental United States in last 30 days) Other

Outside county, but within NC - County: Out of state - State/Territory:

Out of USA - Country: Unknown

CLINICAL INFORMATION

Is/was patient symptomatic for this disease?

Yes

No

Unknown

If yes, symptom onset date (mm/dd/yyyy):

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SPECIFY SYMPTOMS:

If a sexually transmitted disease, give specific treatment details

 

 

 

1. Date patient treated:(mm/dd/yyyy)

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2. Date patient treated:(mm/dd/yyyy)

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Medication:

 

 

Medication:

 

 

Dosage:

 

 

Dosage:

 

 

Duration:

 

 

Duration:

 

 

DIAGNOSTIC TESTING

Provide lab information below and fax copy of lab results and other pertinent records to local health department.

 

Specimen

Specimen #

 

Specimen

Type of Test

Test

Description (comments)

Result Date

 

Lab Name –City/State

 

 

Date

 

Source

Result(s)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT USE ONLY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Initial Date of Report to Public Health:

 

Is the patient part of an outbreak of this disease?

Yes

No

 

 

 

 

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Outbreak setting:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Initial Source of Report to Public Health:

 

Household/Community (specify index case):

 

 

 

 

Adult care home

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care Provider (specify):

 

Restaurant/Retail

 

 

 

 

 

Assisted living facility

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hospital

 

 

 

Child Care

 

 

 

 

 

Adult day care

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Private clinic/practice

 

Long term care

 

 

 

 

 

School

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Department

 

Healthcare setting

 

 

 

 

 

Prison

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Correctional facility

 

Migrant Worker Camp

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Laboratory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name of facility:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address of facility:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DHHS 2124 (Revised July 2020) EPIDEMIOLOGY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DISEASES AND CONDITIONS REPORTABLE IN NORTH CAROLINA

Physicians must report these diseases and conditions to the county local health department, according to the North Carolina Administrative Code: 10A NCAC 41A.0101 Reportable Diseases and Conditions (see below). Contact information for local health departments can be accessed at www.ncalhd.org/directors. If you are unable to contact your local health department, call the 24/7 pager for NCDHHS, Communicable Disease Branch (919) 733-3419.

For diseases and conditions required to be reported within 24 hours, the initial report shall be made by telephone to the local health department, and the written disease report be made within 7 days. The reporting rules and disease report forms can be accessed at: http://epi.publichealth.nc.gov/cd/report.html

Disease/Condition Reportable to Local Health Department Within a Specific Timeframe

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) – 24 hours Acute flaccid myelitis – 7 days

Anaplasmosis – 7 days Anthrax – immediately

Arboviral infection, neuroinvasive (WNV, LAC, EEE, other, unspecified) – 7 days Babesiosis – 7 days

Botulism – immediately Brucellosis – 7 days Campylobacter infection – 24 hours Candida auris – 24 hours

Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) – 24 hours Chancroid – 24 hours

Chikungunya virus infection – 24 hours

Chlamydial infection (laboratory confirmed) – 7 days Cholera – 24 hours

COVID-19: see Novel coronavirus Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease – 7 days Cryptosporidiosis – 24 hours Cyclosporiasis – 24 hours Dengue – 7 days

Diphtheria – 24 hours

Escherichia coli, shiga toxin-producing infection – 24 hours Ehrlichiosis – 7 days

Foodborne disease, including Clostridium perfringens, staphylococcal, Bacillus cereus, and other and unknown causes – 24 hours

Gonorrhea – 24 hours Granuloma inguinale – 24 hours

Haemophilus influenzae, invasive disease – 24 hours Hantavirus infection – 7 days

Hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) – 24 hours Hemorrhagic fever virus infection – immediately Hepatitis A – 24 hours

Hepatitis B – 24 hours

Hepatitis B carriage or perinatally acquired – 7 days Hepatitis C, acute – 7 days

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection confirmed – 24 hours Influenza virus infection causing death – 24 hours Interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA), all results – 7 days Legionellosis – 7 days

Leprosy – 7 days Leptospirosis – 7 days Listeriosis – 24 hours Lyme disease – 7 days Lymphogranuloma venereum – 7 days

Malaria – 7 days

Measles (rubeola) – immediately Meningitis, pneumococcal – 7 days Meningococcal disease, invasive – 24 hours

Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) – 24 hours Monkeypox – 24 hours

Mumps – 7 days

Nongonococcal urethritis – 7 days

Novel coronavirus infection causing death – 24 hours Novel coronavirus infection – immediately

Novel influenza virus infection – immediately Ophthalmia neonatorum – 24 hours Plague – immediately

Paralytic poliomyelitis – 24 hours Pelvic inflammatory disease – 7 days Pertussis (whooping cough) – 24 hours Psittacosis – 7 days

Q fever – 7 days

Rabies, human – 24 hours Rubella – 24 hours

Rubella congenital syndrome – 7 days Salmonellosis – 24 hours

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) – 24 hours Shigellosis – 24 hours

Smallpox – immediately

Spotted fever rickettsiosis (including RMSF)– 7 days

Staphylococcus aureus with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin – 24 hours Streptococcal infection, Group A, invasive disease – 7 days

Syphilis, primary, secondary, early latent, late latent, late with clinical manifestations, congenital – 24 hours

Tetanus – 7 days

Toxic shock syndrome, non-streptococcal or streptococcal – 7 days Trichinosis – 7 day

Tuberculosis – 24 hours Tularemia – immediately

Typhoid fever, acute (Salmonella typhi) – 24 hours Typhoid carriage (Salmonella typhi) – 7 days Typhus, epidemic (louse-borne) – 7 days Vaccinia – 24 hours;

Varicella (chickenpox) – 24 hours

Vibrio infection (other than cholera & vulnificus) – 24 hours Vibrio vulnificus – 24 hours

Yellow fever – 7 days Zika virus – 24 hours

You may be contacted by the local health department for additional information about this case. Medical record information relevant to the investigation and/or control of a communicable disease is exempt from the HIPAA Privacy Rule (see 45 CFR 164.512(a) ) and is permitted as an exception to confidentiality of records in NC State Law GS § 130 A-130.

North Carolina General Statute: §130A-135. Physicians to report. A physician licensed to practice medicine who has reason to suspect that a person about whom the physician has been consulted professionally has a communicable disease or communicable condition declared by the Commission to be reported, shall report information required by the Commission to the local health director of the county or district in which the physician is consulted.

North Carolina Administrative Code: 10A NCAC 41A.0101 Reportable Diseases and Conditions

(a)The following named diseases and conditions are declared to be dangerous to the public health and are hereby made reportable within the time period specified after the disease or condition is reasonably suspected to exist:

DHHS 2124 (Revised July 2020) EPIDEMIOLOGY