North Carolina Communicable Disease Manual

 

NC Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NC EDSS)

  NC EDSS Help Desk - (919) 715-5548 or (877) 625-9259

  NC EDSS Login Page

  NC EDSS Security Memo (PDF) - January 2018

  NC EDSS Lab Facility Reference Document (PDF)

• Update to LOINC Test Names
  • Changes to LOINC Standard Description (PDF)
  • LOINC Code Description Changes and Cross Reference (Excel)

• Guidance for State and Local Health Department Users
  • Entry of Events (PDF)
  • Investigation Trail (PDF)
  • Manual Entry of Laboratory Results (PDF)
  • NC EDSS Timeframes (PDF)
  • Notes (Person, Event, Investigation Trail, Laboratory Comment) (PDF)
  • STD Lab Review required Local Workflow (PDF)
  • Workflows (CD-STD) Descriptions (PDF)


• Instructions for NC EDSS Surveillance Forms
  • Part 1 (Physician's Initial Report) (PDF)
  • Part 2 (Supplemental Report) (PDF)


• Webinar Slides
  • NC EDSS Person Deduplication Refresher Training February 2015 (PDF)
  • NC EDSS Event Deduplication Refresher Training February 2015 (PDF)
  • NC EDSS LHD Syphilis Access July 2016 (PDF)


• Electronic Laboratory Reporting
  • Noteworthy Characteristics of Carolinas Healthcare System ELR to NC EDSS (PDF)

Disease Specific Guidance

Hepatitis B

• Hepatitis B Rules for Investigation and Reporting in NC EDSS (PDF)
• Hepatitis B ELR Generated Event Decision Tree (PDF)
• Hepatitis B Paper Copy Lab Decision Tree (PDF)
• NC EDSS Hepatitis B Pregnancy Tracking (PDF)
• NC EDSS Hepatitis B Perinatal Tracking (PDF)
• Hepatitis B Perinatal Contact Entry (PDF)

Pertussis

• Pertussis Reporting Tips from the Immunization Branch (PDF)

Tuberculosis

• TB Workflow Descriptions (PDF)