The following are resources to surveillance and investigation protocols, including disease-specific Guide to Surveillance and Investigation (GSI) chapters. Each GSI chapter includes a section on disease reporting, the disease or condition and its epidemiology, case definition(s), laboratory testing, case investigation, controlling further spread, managing sensitive situations, and important links and references.
All reportable diseases (excluding HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis) are listed with the required reporting timeframe, case definition, GSI chapter, and case report form.
Merlin Extended Data Information for County Health Departments
Many diseases have an electronic extended data screen available in Merlin (Florida’s reportable disease surveillance system) to capture disease-specific risk factors. Paper case report forms (CRFs) are available for these diseases as a tool to assist in case investigation and interview.
- Some diseases do not have an extended data screen available in Merlin and a paper CRF must be completed and attached to the case in Merlin.
- Other diseases do not have either an extended data screen or a paper CRF.
The requirement for completing the Merlin extended data screen or a paper case report form is listed for each disease.
Guidance Documents: Surveillance, Investigation, and Reporting
- Guidance for Monitoring of Persons Exposed to Communicable Infectious Diseases of Public Health Importance (January 2016)
- Recommendations for Interview and Investigation of Reported Cases of Enteric Infections (March 15, 2012)
- Guidelines for Control of Outbreaks of Enteric Disease in Child Care Settings (May 2018)
- Technical Assistance Guidelines: Epidemiology Guide to Surveillance and Investigation (January 2017)
- Guidelines for Prevention and Control of Infections Due to Antibiotic-Resistant Organisms (July 2017)
- Checklist: Guidelines for Influenza-like Illness Outbreaks in Long-Term Care Facilities (January 2018)
- ESSENCE-FL Visits of Interest: Guidance for County Health Department Follow-up and Response (May 2018)
- Revised Guidelines for Determining Residency for Disease Notification Purposes, CSTE PS 11-SI-04 (January 2005)
Laboratory Documents and Supply Order Forms
Public Health Laboratories
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Reporting Resources
Maps
- Food and Waterborne Disease Program Epidemiologist Coverage Map
- Investigations Unit Epidemiologist and Laboratory Liaison Coverage Map
General Reporting
- Outbreak Intake Form (March 2018)
- Basic Case Investigation Form (March 2012)
- Product Complaint Form (November 1998)
For additional reporting resources, please contact the Bureau of Epidemiology at 850-245-4401
Previously Reportable Diseases and Conditions
Removed June 4, 2014
- Encephalitis (Other, Non-Arboviral)
- Staphylococcus aureus, Community-Associated Mortality
- Streptococcal Invasive Disease (Group A)
- Toxoplasmosis
- Typhus Fever, Endemic (Rickettsia typhi)