Under the Health Protection and Promotion Act, all health care providers, directors of laboratories, and administrators of hospitals and schools are legally obligated to report a suspect or confirmed case of a disease of public health significance (reportable communicable disease) to their local Medical Officer of Health.
Ocean eReferral
Primary care partners can now report diseases to KFL&A Public Health without the need to provide an electronic medical record (EMR), through Ocean eReferral.
View our listing on the Ocean Healthmap, or visit eReferral Ontario East for more information and onboarding support.
Diseases of public health significance (in alphabetical order)
Report immediately if indicated or use the disease of public health significance (DOPHS) notification form, unless a disease specific reporting form is provided (i.e., AIDS, chlamydia, gonorrhea, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, Lyme disease, mpox, rabies, syphilis, and tuberculosis) or fax (613-549-0349).
- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) – Report within one business day using SR fax or OCEAN. During business hours call 613-549-1232, ext. 1275 with any questions.
- Acute flaccid paralysis
- Amebiasis
- Anaplasmosis
- Anthrax - Report immediately by phone to KFL&A Public Health's medical officer of health. During business hours call 613-549-1232 or after hours (or on holidays) call 613-507-3100.
- Babesiosis
- Blastomycosis
- Botulism - Report immediately by phone to KFL&A Public Health's medical officer of health. During business hours call 613-549-1232 or after hours (or on holidays) call 613-507-3100.
- Brucellosis - Report immediately by phone to KFL&A Public Health's medical officer of health. During business hours call 613-549-1232 or after hours (or on holidays) call 613-507-3100.
- Campylobacter enteritis
- Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) infection or colonization
- Chancroid
- Chickenpox (varicella)
- Chlamydia trachomatis – Report within one business day using SR fax or OCEAN. During business hours call 613-549-1232, ext. 1275 with any questions.
- Cholera - Report immediately by phone to KFL&A Public Health's medical officer of health. During business hours call 613-549-1232 or after hours (or on holidays) call 613-507-3100.
- Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) outbreaks in public hospitals
- Coronavirus, novel including:
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) - Report immediately by phone to KFL&A Public Health's medical officer of health. During business hours call 613-549-1232 or after hours (or on holidays) call 613-507-3100.
- Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) - Report immediately by phone to KFL&A Public Health's medical officer of health. During business hours call 613-549-1232 or after hours (or on holidays) call 613-507-3100.
- COVID-19
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, all types - Report immediately by phone to KFL&A Public Health's medical officer of health. During business hours call 613-549-1232 or after hours (or on holidays) call 613-507-3100.
- Cryptosporidiosis
- Cyclosporiasis
- Diphtheria - Report immediately by phone to KFL&A Public Health's medical officer of health. During business hours call 613-549-1232 or after hours (or on holidays) call 613-507-3100.
- Echinococcus multilocularis infection
- Encephalitis, primary, viral
- Encephalitis, post-infectious, vaccine-related, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, unspecified
- Food poisoning, all causes
- Gastroenteritis outbreaks in institutions and public hospitals - Report immediately by phone to KFL&A Public Health's medical officer of health. During business hours call 613-549-1232 or after hours (or on holidays) call 613-507-3100.
- Giardiasis
- Gonorrhea – Report within one business day using SR fax or OCEAN. During business hours call 613-549-1232, ext. 1275 with any questions.
- Group A streptococcal disease, invasive - Report immediately by phone to KFL&A Public Health's medical officer of health. During business hours call 613-549-1232 or after hours (or on holidays) call 613-507-3100.
- Group B streptococcal disease, neonatal
- Haemophilus influenzae disease, all types, invasive - Report immediately by phone to KFL&A Public Health's medical officer of health. During business hours call 613-549-1232 or after hours (or on holidays) call 613-507-3100.
- Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome - Report immediately by phone to KFL&A Public Health's medical officer of health. During business hours call 613-549-1232 or after hours (or on holidays) call 613-507-3100.
- Hemorrhagic fevers, including: Ebola virus disease, Marburg virus disease, and other viral causes - Report immediately by phone to KFL&A Public Health's medical officer of health. During business hours call 613-549-1232 or after hours (or on holidays) call 613-507-3100.
- Hepatitis A, viral - Report immediately by phone to KFL&A Public Health's medical officer of health. During business hours call 613-549-1232 or after hours (or on holidays) call 613-507-3100.
- Hepatitis B, viral – Report within one business day using SR fax or OCEAN. During business hours call 613-549-1232, ext. 1275 with any questions.
- Hepatitis C, viral – Report within one business day using SR fax or OCEAN. During business hours call 613-549-1232, ext. 1275 with any questions.
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) - Report within one business day using SR fax or OCEAN. During business hours call 613-549-1232, ext. 1275 with any questions.
- Influenza including:
- Novel strains - Report immediately by phone to KFL&A Public Health's medical officer of health. During business hours call 613-549-1232 or after hours (or on holidays) call 613-507-3100.
- Legionellosis
- Leprosy
- Listeriosis
- Lyme disease
- Measles - Report immediately by phone to KFL&A Public Health's medical officer of health. During business hours call 613-549-1232 or after hours (or on holidays) call 613-507-3100.
- Meningitis, acute, including:
- Bacterial - Report immediately by phone to KFL&A Public Health's medical officer of health. During business hours call 613-549-1232 or after hours (or on holidays) call 613-507-3100.
- Viral
- Other
- Meningococcal disease, invasive - Report immediately by phone to KFL&A Public Health's medical officer of health. During business hours call 613-549-1232 or after hours (or on holidays) call 613-507-3100.
- Mpox - Report immediately by phone to KFL&A Public Health's medical officer of health. During business hours call 613-549-1232 or after hours (or on holidays) call 613-507-3100, and report using the Ontario Mpox Reporting Tool for Clinicians.
- Mumps
- Opthalmia neonatorum
- Paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP)
- Paratyphoid fever
- Pertussis (whooping cough)
- Plague - Report immediately by phone to KFL&A Public Health's medical officer of health. During business hours call 613-549-1232 or after hours (or on holidays) call 613-507-3100.
- Pneumococcal disease, invasive
- Poliomyelitis, acute - Report immediately by phone to KFL&A Public Health's medical officer of health. During business hours call 613-549-1232 or after hours (or on holidays) call 613-507-3100.
- Powassan Virus
- Psittacosis/Ornithosis
- Q Fever - Report immediately by phone to KFL&A Public Health's medical officer of health. During business hours call 613-549-1232 or after hours (or on holidays) call 613-507-3100.
- Rabies - Report immediately by phone to KFL&A Public Health's medical officer of health. During business hours call 613-549-1232 or after hours (or on holidays) call 613-507-3100.
- Rabies, animal bite or suspected rabies exposure reporting – Rabies reporting form A
- Rabies Post Exposure Prophylaxis Administration reporting - Rabies reporting form B
- Respiratory infection outbreaks in institutions and public hospitals - Report immediately by phone to KFL&A Public Health's medical officer of health. During business hours call 613-549-1232 or after hours (or on holidays) call 613-507-3100.
- Rubella - Report immediately by phone to KFL&A Public Health's medical officer of health. During business hours call 613-549-1232 or after hours (or on holidays) call 613-507-3100.
- Rubella, congenital syndrome - Report immediately by phone to KFL&A Public Health's medical officer of health. During business hours call 613-549-1232 or after hours (or on holidays) call 613-507-3100.
- Salmonellosis
- Shigellosis- Report immediately by phone to KFL&A Public Health's medical officer of health. During business hours call 613-549-1232 or after hours (or on holidays) call 613-507-3100.
- Smallpox - Report immediately by phone to KFL&A Public Health's medical officer of health. During business hours call 613-549-1232 or after hours (or on holidays) call 613-507-3100.
- Syphilis and Congenital Syphilis –Report within one business day using SR fax or OCEAN. During business hours call 613-549-1232, ext. 1275 with any questions.
- Tetanus
- Trichinosis
- Tuberculosis, active disease - Report immediately by phone to KFL&A Public Health's medical officer of health. During business hours call 613-549-1232 or after hours (or on holidays) call 613-507-3100.
- Tuberculosis latent infection
- Tularemia
- Typhoid fever - Report immediately by phone to KFL&A Public Health's medical officer of health. During business hours call 613-549-1232 or after hours (or on holidays) call 613-507-3100.
- Verotoxin-producing E. coli infection, including haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) - Report immediately by phone to KFL&A Public Health's medical officer of health. During business hours call 613-549-1232 or after hours (or on holidays) call 613-507-3100.
- West Nile virus illness
- Yersiniosis
Infectious Diseases Protocol, 2023 – Ontario Ministry of Health
Canadian Tuberculosis Standards – 8th Edition: 2022 – Canadian Journal of Respiratory, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine