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Under the Health Protection and Promotion Act, health care professionals
are required to notify the Health Unit of suspected or confirmed cases
of the diseases listed below. Cases may be identified either by clinical
diagnosis or laboratory reports. For information on a specific disease,
click the name of the disease. Current case definitions are under case
definition beside the specific disease. Specimen collection guidelines
to assist in determining appropriate diagnostic tests can be accessed
through Specimen Collection Guide
“A physician or registered nurse in the extended class who, while
providing professional services to a person, forms the opinion that the
person is or may be infected with an agent of a communicable disease
shall, as soon as possible after forming the opinion, report thereon to
the medical officer of health of the health unit in which the
professional services are provided. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.7, s. 26; 2007,
c. 10, Sched. F, s. 4.” Health Protection and Promotion Act. Health care
professionals can report communicable diseases by fax (613-345-5777)
using the reporting form accessible beside each disease. FOR DISEASES
MARKED IN RED, health care professionals must call the Health Unit
immediately at 613-345-5685.
The Health Unit monitors communicable diseases in the community and
institutions. Public Health Inspectors and Public Health Nurses provide
follow-up to patients and contacts in order to mitigate the spread of
disease. The Health Unit also provides support and resources to health
care professionals regarding communicable diseases. Timely reporting by
health care professionals aids in decreasing the spread of illness in
our community.
View the
Health Protection and Promotion Act
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) ...
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| Amebiasis
... Go to info |
Anthrax
... Go to info |
Botulism ...
Go to info |
Brucellosis ...
Go to info |
| Campylobacter enteritis
... Go to info |
| Chancroid
... Go to info |
| Chickenpox (Varicella)
... Go to info |
| Chlamydia trachomatis infections
... Go to info |
| Cholera
... Go to info |
Cryptosporidiosis ...
Go to info |
Cyclosporiasis ...
Go to info |
| Cytomegalovirus infection, congenital
... Go to info |
Diphtheria ...
Go to info |
Encephalitits, including:
• 1.
* Primary, viral (including WNV)
• 2. Post-infectious
• 3. Vaccine-related
• 4. Subacute sclerosing
• • panencephalitis
• 5. Unspecified ...
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Food poisoning, all causes ...
Go to info |
Gastroenteritis, institutional outbreaks
... Go to info |
Giardiasis ...
Go to info |
| Gonorrhoea
... Go to info |
Haemophilus influenza b disease, invasive
... Go to info |
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome ...
Go to
info |
Hemorrhagic fevers, including:
• 1.
Ebola virus disease
• 2.
Marburg virus disease
• 3.
Other viral causes ...
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Hepatitis, viral
Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• Hepatitis C
• Hepatitis D (Delta hepatitis) ...
Go to info |
| Herpes, neonatal
... Go to info |
| Influenza
... Go to info |
Lassa Fever ...
Go to info |
Legionellosis ...
Go to info |
| Leprosy
... Go to info |
Listeriosis ...
Go to info |
| Lyme Disease
... Go to info |
| Malaria
... Go to info |
Measles ...
Go to info |
Meningitis, acute
• 1.
bacterial
• 2. viral
• 3. other ... Go to info |
Meningococcal disease, invasive ...
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info |
| Mumps
... Go to info |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum
... Go to info |
| Paratyphoid fever
... Go to info |
| Pertussis (Whopping Cough)
... Go to info |
Plague ...
Go to info |
Poliomyelitis, acute ...
Go to info |
| Psittacosis/Omithosis
... Go to info |
Q Fever ...
Go to info |
Rabies ...
Go to info |
Respiratory infection outbreaks in institutions
...
Go to info |
| Rubella
... Go to info |
| Rubella, congenital syndrome
... Go to info |
| Salmonellosis
... Go to info |
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
... Go to info |
Shigellosis ...
Go to info |
Smallpox ...
Go to info |
Streptococcal infections,
• Group A invasive ...
Go to info |
Streptococcal infections,
Group B neonatal ...
Go to info |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae, invasive (pneumococcal disease)
...
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| Syphilis
... Go to info |
| Tetanus
... Go to info |
Transmissible Spongiform
Encephalopathy, (2003) including:
1. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease,
all types
2. Gerstmann-Strassier-Scheinker Syndrome
3. Fatal Familial Insomnia
4. Kuru ...
Go to info |
| Trichinosis
... Go to info |
| Tuberculosis
... Go to info |
Tularemia ...
Go to info |
| Typhoid Fever
... Go to info |
Verotoxin-producing E. coli
• infection indicator conditions
• including Haemolytic Uraemic
• Syndrome (HUS) ...
Go to info |
West Nile virus Illnesses
• 1. West Nile virus Fever
• 2. West Nile virus Neurological Manifestations
... Go to info |
Yellow Fever ...
Go to info |
| Yersiniosis
... Go to info |
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Specimen Collection Guideline
The
Testing Guideline provides an
overview of the laboratory testing available through the Ontario Public
Health Laboratories (OPHL).
information includes :
* Laboratory tests available
* Laboratory test code
* Appropriate specimens
* Collection kit numbers
* Section / location where test is performed
* Turn-around-times for negative and for positive or confirmatory
results
* Additional information as required
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