Michigan School Building Weekly Report of Communicable Disease to Local Health Department

According to Public Act 368, of 1978 as amended, the local health department shall be notified immediately of the occurrence of communicable disease (especially rash-like illness with fever).

In addition to immediate notification of serious/rare illnesses by telephone, please submit all occurrences on this form.


ONLINE REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS: Please record all appropriate information and submit each MONDAY by 11AM EVEN IF THERE ARE NO DISEASES TO REPORT. Click "Submit Data" at the bottom of the page to send it to the health department.

 

*Highlighted fields are required*


WEEK ENDING: Friday,       


 DISTRICT:
 Type:
 School:

CURRENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
TOTAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN ABSENT THIS WEEK
(if they missed any days of school count them ONCE,
not for each day they were absent)

AGGREGATE CASE COUNT REPORTING*: Please record total number of cases for flu-like illness and stomach virus.
  NUMBER OF CASES DEFINITION
FLU-LIKE ILLNESS
(APPARENT INFLUENZA)		 FLU-LIKE ILLNESS is fever and any of the following symptoms: Sore throat, cough, generalized aching in the back and limb muscles.

*Vomiting and diarrhea alone are NOT indicators of influenza
STOMACH VIRUS STOMACH VIRUS is diarrhea and/or vomiting for 24 to 48 hours.
STREP THROAT STREP THROAT is often doctor diagnosed and is characterized by a severe sore throat with fever and headache
CONFIRMED INFLUENZA INCLUDING CONFIRMED H1N1 INFLUENZA CONFIRMED INFLUENZA INCLUDING CONFIRMED H1N1 INFLUENZA include all cases of Influenza confirmed by a health care provider, including reported confirmed cases of H1N1

*Hospitalized or severe cases of H1N1 Influenza should be reported below under individual disease reporting!
CONFIRMED COVID-19 CONFIRMED COVID-19 include all individuals who test positive for COVID-19 and all cases of COVID-19 confirmed by a health care provider, including reported confirmed cases of COVID-19

*The principal symptoms of COVID-19 are fever or chills, sore throat, cough, diarrhea, vomiting, fatigue, congestion, new onset of a severe headache, and new loss of taste or smell
*NOTE: The health department will no longer be collecting numbers of head lice cases or pink eye (conjunctivitis). Contact School Health Services at (810)257-3591 for more information regarding head lice or pink eye in schools. 

INDIVIDUAL DISEASE REPORTING: Use the following lines to complete information for ALL INDIVIDUALS WITH CONFIRMED OR SUSPECTED CASES of communicable diseases below, including chickenpox.

Serious/rare illnesses: In addition to reporting on this form, call the health department at (810)257-1017 IMMEDIATELY to report: measles, mumps, rubella, pertussis, Haemophilus influenza type B, meningitis, encephalitis, hepatitis, tuberculosis, or any other serious communicable disease occurrence.

*If there are no diseases to report or if the school is closed due to illness please check the appropriate box below.

DISEASE DATE 1ST ABSENT FIRST NAME LAST NAME

DATE OF BIRTH

GRADE STUDENT PHONE STUDENT ADDRESS PARENT NAME DISEASE IDENTIFIED BY  
 

  
 
 

  

  

  

  

 

  

  

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:

 

PLEASE CHECK IF:

NO DISEASES TO REPORT THIS WEEK

SCHOOL CLOSED DUE TO ILLNESSES

SUBMITTED BY:   

PHONE NUMBER:  

TODAY'S DATE:   

For more information, contact Mikayla Benbow at the Genesee County Health Department at 810-257-3869 or [email protected].

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