CD/Epi Section Resources
For more information, contact the subject matter expert.
Outbreak Reporting
- Outbreak Reporting Guidance for MIDIS
- COVID-19 Outbreak Decision Making Matrix for Healthcare Settings
- COVID-19 Outbreak Reporting County Abbreviations
- COVID-19 Outbreak Tracking Tool
MIDIS Resources for COVID-19 Case Investigations:
- Attach Vaccines to COVID Investigations
- COVID Variant Testing Information
- COVID Data Key
- COVID-19 Data Priority Key
- COVID Investigation Data Prioritization
- COVID-19 Guidance For MIDIS
- Entering a COVID-19 At-Home or Patient Self-Administered Test Result in MIDIS
- LTC/ALF MIDIS Entry Key- updated 1/19/21
- MIDIS Attach Vaccinations Using Query
- MIDIS Upgrade Training - 12/2/2020
Healthcare Resources:
School and Child Care Resources:
- Prevention Strategies for K-12 and Child Care Settings Resources Updated 9/21/2022
- K-12 and Child Care Settings Exposure and Isolation Guidance Updated 9/21/2022
- Hand Washing Guide Updated 9/21/2022
- Hand Washing Infographic 9/23/2022
Other COVID-19 Resources:
Quarter 1:
E4: Disseminate Disease Reporting Instructions (Disease Reporting Rules Update)
- LHJ Reportable Disease List(customize for your jurisdiction)
- Laboratory Reportable Disease List(customize for your jurisdiction)
Quarter 3:
E5: Checklist for Review and Approval of CDEpi Reporting Protocols
E7: Attend Public Health Webinar
Recording for this webinar can be found in the MIDIS Office Hours Shard Drive in EPass
Public Health Law Post-Test Survey
Quarter 4:
E8: Pandemic Influenza Plan Review Checklist
Additional Resources: CDEpi PHEP AAR Template for Communicable Disease Exercises
Tabletop Exercise Materials:
Measles
Salmonella
- Salmonella tabletop exercise
- Sample county Press release (Hepatitis A)
- Sample county HAN
- Food code exclusion information ( Salmonella)
TB
Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM)
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Anaplasmosis
Anthrax
Arboviral
Arsenic
Babesiosis
Botulism
Brucellosis
Cadmium
Campylobacteriosis
Chlamydia trachomatis infection
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)
Coccidioidomycosis
Colorado Tick Fever
COVID-19
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)
Cryptosporidiosis
Cyclosporiasis
Dengue virus infection
Diphtheria
Ebola
- 2022 Ebola Outbreak in Uganda Local Health Jurisdiction guide to Uganda traveler assessment and monitoring
- Case Report Form
Ehrlichiosis
Enteric Conditions
E.Coli, Shiga-Toxin producing (STEC)
Gastroenteritis outbreak
- Outbreak Investigation Guidelines
- Foodborne Line List
- Outbreak Reporting Form (long)
- Outbreak Reporting Form (short)
Giardiasis
Gonorrheal infection
Granuloma inguinale
Haemophilus influenza, invasive disease
Hansen's disease (Leprosy)
Hantavirus
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
Hepatitis A, acute
Hepatitis B
- Interpretation of Hepatitis B Serologic Test Results
- Acute Case Definition
- Acute Disease Form
- Chronic Case Definition
- Chronic Disease Form
- Know HBV: What Every Asian and Pacific Islander Should Know About Hepatitis B and Liver Cancer
- Hepatitis B and Moms-to-be
- Perinatal Hospital Report
- Perinatal Infant Report
- Perinatal Primary Report
- Perinatal Contact Investigation
Hepatitis C
- HCV Case Definition
- HCV Case Definition Algorithm
- Acute Disease Form
- Chronic Disease Form
- Hepatitis C Investigation Guidelines
- HCV Recommended Testing Sequence
- HCV Interpretation of Test Results
HIV
- Disease Form (adults)
- Disease Form (pediatric)
- Partner Interview
- Index Patient Interview
- Previously Diagnosed
Influenza, hospitalizations/deaths, novel A
- Hospitalization/Deaths Reporting Form (2022-23)
- Pediatric Mortality Disease Form
- Pediatric Mortality Instructions
- Novel Influenza A Case Report Form
Lead
- Investigation Guidelines
- Lead Exposure Questionnaire
- Blood lead lab reporting form: https://hipaa.jotform.com/222996725629068
Legionellosis
Leptospirosis
Listeriosis
Lyme Disease
Lymphogranuloma venereum
Malaria
Measles
Meningococcal disease
MERS
Mercury
MIS-C
- Case Investigation Process 2023
- Case Report Form
- Case report form guidance
- Interim case reporting guidance
Monkeypox (mpox)
- CDC Mpox Case Report Form
- CDC Mpox Case Report Form (Excel file)
- See Mpox Resource tab below for more information.
Mumps
Norovirus
- Norovirus Toolkit for Schools and Daycares
- Norovirus Toolkit for Long-Term Care Facilities
- How to clean-up after a Norovirus incident
Outbreaks
- General Outbreak Reporting Form
- Guidance Document for General Outbreak Reporting Form
- Short Version Outbreak Reporting Form(head lice, scabies, HFMD)
- General Outbreak Line List
Pertussis
Plague
Polio
Psittacosis
Q Fever
Rabies
Rubella
Salmonella
SARS
Shigellosis
Smallpox
Spotted Fever Rickettsiosis
Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS)
Streptoccocus pneumoniae invasive disease
Syphilis
Tetanus
Tickborne Relapsing Fever
Toxic shock syndrome, non-streptococcal (TSS)
Trichinellosis
Tuberculosis
- Disease Form
- LTBI Toolkit
- LTBI Treatment Program Enrollment Form
- LTBI Treatment Program Enrollment Policy
- Tuberculosis - Reporting and Control in Montana
- TB Case Monthly Report
- TB Contact Investigation Report
- TB Contact Investigation Summary
- TB Home Evaluation
- Case Management Treatment Plan for Active TB Disease
- Interjurisdictional Tuberculosis Notification
- Interjurisdictional TB Notification Follow-up Form
- Directly Observed Therapy Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
- Monthly TB Patient Assessment
- Home Isolation Agreement
- Directly Observed Therapy Agreement - Active TB Disease
Tularemia
- Disease Form
- Disease Form (fillable)
- Investigation Guidelines
Typhoid Fever
Varicella
Vibrio cholerae infection (Cholera)
Vibriosis
Viral hemorrhagic fevers
West Nile
Yellow fever
Zika virus
2022 Disease Packet information:
- LHJ Reportable Disease List (customize for your jurisdiction) Updated 10/18/2022
- LHJ Disease Reporting Reference Updated 9/23/2022
- CDEpi Generic Reporting form (customize for your jurisdiction)
- Diseases Reportable in Congregate Settings
- School Absenteeism Reporting Form
- Sensitive Occupation Exclusion Rules
- STEC & Typhoid Fever Exclusion Rules
- Do Not Board Procedure
Additional Reporting Guidance:
- Step 1: Sign-up
- Step 2: Inform your communities
- Social Media Post Ideas
- Text Message Ideas
- Community Handout 10/06/2022
- Provider Handout 10/06/2022
- Step 3: Learn more about Jotform:
- How-to Use Templates
- Additional Resources and How-to Videos Updated 10/06/2022
- Best Practices 10/06/2022
- Schedule a training, questions, or ideas contact Meagan.Gillespie@mt.gov
- JotForm Templates 10/06/2022
We are transitioning MIDIS Office Hours to be hosted through the DPHHS eLearn website. Below you will find the link to access the eLearn MIDIS Office Hours module, and a pdf walkthrough of how to create a free account the first time you log in.
- General MIDIS Materials
- How to Run a Report in MIDIS 2/25/2021
- Administrative Rules of Montana 8/5/2021
- Vaccine Query and PHEP Quarterly Reconciliation 5/6/2021
- Important MIDIS Requirements 3/10/2022
- Meet the CDEpi Crew 10/21/2021
- Managing Outbreaks in Congregate Settings 11/4/2021
- PHEP E7 Public Health Law Webinar 2/24/2022
- Residency Guidelines and Valley Fever Review 9/16/2021
- COVID-19 Related Materials
- Subject-Matter Specific Materials
- Enterics
- Hepatitis C
- Influenza
- Influenza Cases in MIDIS 10/7/2021
- STD
- Vaccine Preventable Diseases
- Pertussis and Varicella 5/27/2021
General MIDIS Resources:
- Welcome to MIDIS Packet
- MIDIS COVID-19 Guidance Binder
- 2021 MIDIS User Login Instructions
- 2021 MIDIS User Guide
- How to Run a Report in MIDIS - Office Hours Summary
- How to Create a Line List in MIDIS
- How to Search for Outbreak Cases in MIDIS
- Labs sending ELR to MIDIS
- Creating COVID-19 Investigations in MIDIS
Archived Reports, Webinars and Tools:
Our Mpox communication toolkits are still available, please reach out to Meagan.Gillespie@mt.gov for more information.
LHD resources:
- CDC MPOX Case Report Form
- CDC MPOX Case Report Form (Excel file)
LHD resources for mpox cases and contacts in the community:
- Patient Assessment
- Provider Algorithm
- Testing information
- Infection Control At Home
- Determining Close Contacts
- Contact Monitoring Sheet
- Congregate Setting Guidance (Non-healthcare)
Healthcare settings resources:
- Exposure Risk Assessment for Healthcare Workers
- Mpox Guidance for Healthcare Settings
- Exposed Healthcare Worker Monitoring Tool
JotForm:
- Mpox vaccine waitlist: https://hipaa.jotform.com/222226387633053
- Mpox contact monitoring form: https://hipaa.jotform.com/222204786853056
- Mpox case investigation https://hipaa.jotform.com/222154265629053
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This will be used if you are unable to reach the individual by phone.
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Shared resources from local health departments:
- Mpox investigation toolkit by Flathead County
- Vaccine flowchart Shared by Silver Bow County
- FAQs and talking points Shared by Silver Bow County
- Vaccine Waitlist JotForm Idea (Please do not press submit):
- FAQ and Talking Point Guide Shared by Hill County
- Mpox Pocket guide Shared by Hill County
- Lessons Learned Video
MTDPHHS Resources:
- Rabies ELR Guidance Document
- Rabies Review and PEP Page Webinar - June 2019
- Rabies Presentation, please contact Jessica Lopeman, jessica.lopeman@mt.gov
- Rabies Management Training Handouts 2021
- Rabies Exposure Assessment Tree for Public Health
- Guidance protocol for rabies response to edit for your purposes
- PEP form (report to DPHHS within 7 days of recommendation, all rabies PEP reporting has moved to MIDIS)
Local Health Jurisdiction Resources:
- Beaverhead County bite reporting form
- Cascade City-County Health Department rabies webpage
- Bat Report Form Template
- Animal Bite Report Form Template
- Rabies Info for Healthcare Providers Template
- For an example of an animal bite protocol, please contact Jessica Lopeman, jessica.lopeman@mt.gov.
Syphilis
- CDC Adult Syphilis Surveillance Staging Guidance Document
- Adult syphilis staging, treatment, and partner management
- University of Washington STD Prevention Training Center Syphilis Recorded Trainings
- Primary Syphilis Algorithm
- Secondary Syphilis Algorithm
- Syphilis Progression and complications in adults
- Case Investigation (DIS) training (select workforce development and training, select Disease Intervention Specialist, select eLearning courses)
- Free STD clinical consults, University of Washington STD Prevention Training Center
- National STD curriculum (chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis)
- 2021 CDC STI Treatment Guidelines
- Syphilis in Pregnancy Presentation (January 24, 2023 MOMS Project ECHO):
- Syphilis Investigation
Congenital Syphilis