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CD CONTROL PROGRAM

Central Michigan District Health Department’s Communicable Disease Control Program is committed to preventing the occurrence and spread of communicable disease within the community. Program activities include:

Working with hospitals, medical providers, schools, daycares, universities, other Local Health Departments, and the Michigan Department of Community Health to investigate and control the spread of communicable diseases
Providing information to the public to prevent the transmission of communicable diseases
Implementing disease control strategies, such as school based immunization clinics within the community
Analyzing reported diseases to measure changes in disease occurrence or trends and to detect and respond to outbreaks

Communicable Disease Reporting Procedures
Michigan Disease Surveillance System
Communicable Disease Information
CMDHD CD Data
Web Links

Why reporting is important.
Information obtained from communicable disease investigations is systematically gathered, analyzed, and disseminated to health care professionals and the public. Health officials are continually learning more about diseases, specifically:

How organisms change
Factors which influence the transmission of disease
Evaluation of treatment or control measures for diseases
How to prevent disease transmission

Who should report?
The Michigan Communicable Disease Rules, promulgated under the authority conferred on the Department of Community Health by section 5111 of Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978, as amended, being 333.5111 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, clearly designates communicable disease reporting responsibilities to the following individuals:

Physicians
Laboratories
Infection Control Practitioners
Epidemiologists
Dentists
Pharmacists
Physician's Assistants
Schools
Daycares
Camps
Any health professional

What to report?
To report a communicable disease, please include the following information:

The name of the person
Pertinent contact information for the patient, including the address, phone number
The disease
The name of the person making the report

How to report a communicable disease?

Communicable disease contacts

Robert Graham DO, MPH, FAAFP	989-773-5921 x 8426
Norm Keon, Epidemiologist	989-773-5921 x 8449
Mari Pat Terpening, RN, BSN Communicable Disease Supervisor	989-773-5921 x 8434

To report a communicable disease, please contact the Personal Health Supervisor in your county:

Arenac	Kathy Kent, RN, BSN Office 989-846-6541 x 8128 Fax 989- 846-0431
Clare	Dawn Humphrey, RN Office 989-539-6731 x 8220 Fax 989-539-4449
Gladwin	Debi Harvey, RN Office 989-426-9431 x 8328 Fax 989-426-6952
Isabella	Mari Pat Terpening, RN, BSN 989-773-5921 x 8434 Fax 989-773-4319
Osceola	Becky Johnson-Himes, RN, BSN Office 231-832-5532 x 8512 Fax 231-832-1020
Roscommon	Kathy Kent, RN, BSN Office 989-366-9166 x 8628 Fax 989-366-8921

If you are a Medical Provider, Infection Control Practitioner, or Laboratory and you wish to report a communicable disease after regular business hours or on the weekend, please contact the Communicable Disease Supervisor at this number: 989-339-0682.
School / Child Care Reporting

Michigan Disease Surveillance System
Electronic reporting via the Michigan Disease Surveillance System is available for medical providers. If you are a medical provider who frequently reports communicable diseases and is interested in obtaining access to the Michigan Disease Surveillance System for reporting purposes, please contact 989-773-5921 x 8449 for additional information.

Communicable Disease Information

Communicable Disease Data

Web links

Please call or visit your local CMDHD Branch office for more information: