This page contains information for:
- Non-healthcare facilities (e.g. places of business, etc.) reporting a COVID-19 case or requesting a consultation about a COVID-19 exposure
- Healthcare providers or clinical laboratories reporting a patient or resident with COVID-19 including death (scroll down)
- Healthcare employers reporting employees (e.g. healthcare workers or staff) with COVID-19 (scroll down)
- Healthcare facilities reporting facility-level COVID-19 data for local and national response efforts (scroll down)
Non-Healthcare Reporting
1) REPORTING CASES IN EMPLOYEES, PATRONS OR VISITORS:
- Notify DC Health by submitting the cases via email to [email protected] using the line list template: DCHealth_COVID19_CaseReporting_05.17.2022
Healthcare Reporting
2) REPORTING CASES AMONG PATIENTS AND RESIDENTS
In accordance with DCMR Chapter 22B 201.1(ff) and 201.1 (gg) and as part of the District of Columbia’s (DC’s) Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) response, healthcare providers must report negative and positive test results for all COVID-19 diagnostic and serologic testing, including point-of-care testing. Reports should be submitted electronically using DC Reporting and Surveillance Center (DCRC), our online reporting system.
- Healthcare providers should submit a Notifiable Disease and Condition Case Report Form online using the new reporting platform
- Testing facilities, including laboratories, may report batched negative results using the line list template when prompted in the COVID-19 reporting form
- Healthcare providers should report a death associated with COVID-19
- Laboratories are recommended to submit COVID-19 results via Electronic Lab Reporting. Please email [email protected] to initiate the process
- Hospitals should report cases in patients/residents via weekly line lists to DC Health using the line list template: COVID Reporting Template_Hospital_Inpatient
- Skilled nursing facilities and assisted living facilities should report cases in patients/residents via weekly line lists to DC Health using the line list: COVID Reporting Template_LTCF
- Skilled nursing facilities and assisted living facilities are additionally required to report COVID-19 and Flu vaccination between September 6, 2023 and May 31, 2024. Please see the attached document for detailed information: SNF/ALR Additional Reporting
3) REPORTING CASES AMONG HEALTHCARE PERSONNEL
In accordance with DCMR Chapter 22B 201.1(ff), 201.1 (gg) and 208.2 and as part of the District of Columbia’s (DC’s) Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) response, all healthcare settings are to begin timely reporting of all healthcare personnel infected with COVID-19 who work in the District of Columbia.
All deaths should be reported within 24 hours to [email protected].
Hospitals:
- Report cases among healthcare personnel using the line list template: COVID Reporting Template_Hospital_Employee
- Cases should be reported by 3pm every Wednesday
- Send the updated line list to [email protected]
Nursing homes and assisted living facilities should:
- Report cases among healthcare personnel using the line list template: COVID Reporting Template_LTCF
- Cases should be reported by 3pm every Wednesday
- Send the updated line list to [email protected]
Any outpatient facility that is not a hemodialysis facility (e.g., dental, ambulatory surgical center, cancer clinics, and ambulatory care/primary care) should:
- Report cases among healthcare personnel using the online COVID-19 Reporting Form
- Cases should be reported within 24 hours
Why is this being requested?
Individual-level data is necessary for outbreak detection and rapid implementation of response measures. We expect your cooperation in reporting this critical information to DC Health.
Please email [email protected] with any questions regarding healthcare personnel reporting requirements.
We thank you for all that you are doing to help keep DC residents and essential healthcare personnel safe.
4) REPORTING FACILITY-LEVEL DATA TO INFORM THE LOCAL AND NATION RESPONSE EFFORTS
Hospitals (e.g., short-stay, long term acute care, etc.) should:
- Submit data to EMResource and Teletracking portal
- Please contact [email protected] with questions or requests for assistance.
Skilled nursing facilities should:
- Submit data to the NHSN COVID-19 Module for Long Term Care Facilities
- Please contact [email protected] with questions or requests for assistance.
Assisted living facilities are encouraged to:
- Submit data to the NHSN COVID-19 Module for Long Term Care Facilities
- Please contact [email protected] with questions or requests for assistance.