Reporting Diseases by Phone
 

• 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.