Disease and Outbreak Investigation in Oregon

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Disease reporting

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), which 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.
Disease reporting
Reporting rules (OARs)
Case investigation guidelines
Case reporting forms
Timeframe for reporting diseases

Outbreak investigation

Rabies / animal bite investigation

Ordering immune globulin

Procedures for obtaining immune globulin for prophylaxis of contacts to hepatitis A or measles cases. (PDF 6K)
Emergency/outbreak orders of IG involve contacting both the Immunization Program (971-673-0300) and the Acute and Communicable Disease Prevention program (971-673-1111).

Specimen collection

Collection of serum for hepatitis A viral sequencing (PDF 20K)
West Nile virus: disease information, specimen submission procedures, case report forms, investigative guidelines
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS): disease information, specimen collection (reagents have expired; there is no need to make up more). At present no SARS testing is available.