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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Form Name | Dhhs 2124 Form |
Form Length | 2 pages |
Fillable? | No |
Fillable fields | 0 |
Avg. time to fill out | 30 sec |
Other names | confidential disease report, form 2124, disease nc reportable, nc department diseases |
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.
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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
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CLINICAL INFORMATION
Is/was patient symptomatic for this disease?
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DIAGNOSTIC TESTING
Provide lab information below and fax copy of lab results and other pertinent records to local health department.
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DHHS 2124 (Revised July 2020) EPIDEMIOLOGY |
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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)
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
Chikungunya virus infection – 24 hours
Chlamydial infection (laboratory confirmed) – 7 days Cholera – 24 hours
Diphtheria – 24 hours
Escherichia coli, shiga
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
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
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,
Tuberculosis – 24 hours Tularemia – immediately
Typhoid fever, acute (Salmonella typhi) – 24 hours Typhoid carriage (Salmonella typhi) – 7 days Typhus, epidemic
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
North Carolina General Statute:
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