Welcome to the LHD resource page. We hope to provide quick access to useful information for local health departments. If you have a suggestion for this page, please email us at ohd.acdp@state.or.us.

• Orpheus, the Oregon Public Health Epidemiology User System, is the byproduct of an epidemiologic effort in integrating Oregon's reportable communicable diseases for state and local use, into a single application. Orpheus exemplifies health information exchange (HIE), as most case investigations are initiated by the electronic laboratory reports (ELRs), which are automatically imported and accessible to both local and state users, who can work together on cases. Orpheus uses a commercial off-the-shelf application (FileMaker Pro), is compatible with national standards, and leverages the state's enterprise information architecture, such as the Citrix access gateway, to assure that it complies with the highest level of security and confidentiality. If you have questions on Orpheus, please contact the Orpheus tech team at 971-673-1111.

• Oregon Health Authority press releases
• Health Alert Network (HAN)
• Oregon State Public Health Laboratory
• Administrative rules for disease reporting
• Antimicrobial resistance and Oregon's campaign for judicious use of antibiotics
• Courses in Communicable Disease Investigation and Control
• Reporting Sick and Dead Birds (pdf)
• Oregon bioterrorism/public health preparedness links
  
  
  • Bioterrorism preparedness surveillance and epidemiology
  • Training and education links
  • Risk communication and public health information
  • Public health preparedness planning home page
• County Health Department Directory
• Department of Education School Health Services Manual
• Disease reporting home page
• Foodborne Outbreak Investigations
  
  
  • Foodborne outbreak investigation guidelines
  • Oregon Health Services Compendium of Acute Foodborne Disease
• Gastroenteritis outbreak investigation
  
  
  • Nursing homes and similar settings
  • Outbreak classifications by etiology (pdf)
  • Virology/Immunology Request (OSPHL)
  • General Microbiology Request (OSPHL)
  • Mycobacteriology Examination Request (OSPHL) 
• Respiratory disease outbreak investigations
• Outbreak data: Total outbreaks (GI and non-GI) by 2002-2007 PDF  Excel
• Guidelines for post-exposure exclusion of varicella susceptibles in Oregon schools and daycare centers
• HIPAA
• Isolation and Quarantine voluntary home confinement agreement
  
  
  • Isolation and Quarantine procedures You will need a Collaborator or Administrator license to access these on the secure HAN site.
• NEDSS: National Electronic Data Surveillance System
• OHS and US government website list: hyperlinked PDF document
• Oregon hospital website list: hyperlinked PDF document
• OR-Epi conference presentations
• Personal Protective Equipment Program (Local Health Department and Environmental and Public Health) (2009)
• Other references for local health departments
  

National 

• CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention home page
• CDC en español
• Disease fact sheets in Spanish (thanks to the Virginia Health Dept.)