Notifiable Diseases Reporting
DETECT, TEST, and REPORT
The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), Bureau of Communicable Diseases (BCD), contains the Infectious Diseases & Outbreaks, Immunization, HIV/AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and Tuberculosis Divisions. Each division’s short-term goal is to reduce the annual burden of reportable diseases, limit transmission, and prevent future cases through surveillance, investigation, diagnosis, and treatment. The divisions’ long-term goal is the elimination of reportable diseases in Alabama.
The DETECT, TEST, and REPORT or DTR Notifiable Diseases awareness campaign emphasizes different disease control actions needed to reduce the impact of Alabama's reportable diseases and create a robust notifiable disease system.
Physicians, dentists, nurses, medical examiners, hospital administrators, nursing home administrators, lab directors, school principals, and day care directors are responsible for reporting Notifiable Diseases in Alabama. Reporters cannot assume or delegate laboratories to report on their behalf.
To report an Immediate, Urgent, or Standard Notification Notifiable Disease, please submit a Communicable Disease REPORT Card.
DETECT Notifiable Diseases
Decrease Epidemiological Threats with Environmental Controls and Testing
The purpose of DETECT is to reduce the impact of Alabama’s Notifiable Diseases through surveillance, investigation, and recommendations to contain disease.
To learn more information about notifiable diseases, please go to:
https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/infectiousdiseases/detect.html
TEST Notifiable Diseases
Take Epidemiological Specimens Today
The purpose of TEST is to encourage healthcare providers statewide to take and submit more specimens and order the appropriate test to confirm the case as a reportable disease.
To learn more about the preferred test methods and specimen type for each notifiable disease, please go to:
http://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/infectiousdiseases/test.html
To learn more about case definitions and laboratory criteria requirements, please go to:
https://ndc.services.cdc.gov/