The Infectious Disease program at Franklin County Public Health investigates:
- Reportable infectious diseases in compliance with state and federal regulations
- To ensure epidemiology activities directed toward disease surveillance, prevention and detection
- To notify the public of their risk for infectious diseases
- To manage and control of disease throughout the community
- Outbreaks and coordinates information exchange for disease control
Find an alphabetical list of diseases and their facts sheets here.
Infectious Disease Reporting System (IDRS)
The Infectious Disease Reporting System is the combined infectious disease reporting system for all of Franklin County, including the City of Columbus, for health care providers in Franklin County. The Columbus and Franklin County Public Health agencies have joined forces to make the reporting, tracking and investigation of infectious disease cases easier and more convenient.
Physician and health care providers, per Communicable Disease Rules 3701-3-01 through 3701-3-30 of the Ohio Administrative Code (OAC), are legally required to report suspected, lab-confirmed, and clinical diagnoses of specific diseases and conditions within specified time frames to IDRS. For more information, visit the IDRS website.
Infectious Disease Reports & Annual Summaries
Find curent and archived infectious disease reports and annual summaries here.
