The regulations require providers to use the California Department of Health Services Adult or Pediatric HIV/AIDS Confidential Report form. Surveillance staff can visit the provider and complete the case report. Call (714)834-8131 to schedule a visit. Or the provider can mail HIV/AIDS case reports in two envelopes and send via traceable mail to:
Brandon Page
Orange County Health Care Agency
1725 W. 17th St. Annex Bldg. 50 Rm A125
Santa Ana, CA 92706-2316
Confidential Morbidity Report forms can also be used in lieu of HIV/AIDS case reports. Laboratories can use the suggested form from the California State Office of AIDS website. Providers also have the option of reporting cases by phone: (714)834-8131. Case reports should not be sent via FAX or email.
Why is Reporting Necessary?
Timely and accurate HIV/AIDS case reports provide Orange County with a better understanding of our local epidemic. Epidemiologists can monitor trends in populations being affected by HIV infection, project future numbers of HIV/AIDS cases and provide information for those responsible for planning for future health care needs and prevention and educational activities.
Failure to report in a timely manner may have an impact on current and projected funding needs. Funding formulas using data that represents under-reporting of HIV/AIDS cases may translate into under-funded programs and services for those with HIV infection.
See Healthcare Provider Resources, for reporting forms, reporting guidelines, and regulations, and other provider reporting aides.
Who Reports HIV/AIDS?
HIV/AIDS is a condition listed in California's disease reporting regulations. The statute reads: "Every health care provider knowing of or in attendance on a case or suspected case of a disease/condition in Section 2500 is required to make a report. When a health care provider is not in attendance on a case, any individual having knowledge of a person with one of the reportable diseases or conditions is required to notify the local health department."
Health care providers and laboratory directors or their designees are required to report all patients with a test indicative of HIV to the local health department (HIV/AIDS Surveillance Program). When a laboratory has a test indicative of HIV infection, they report a limited amount of information to the HIV/AIDS Surveillance Program. Surveillance staff will visit the provider to complete the case report or the provider forwards a completed case report form to the HIV/AIDS Surveillance and Monitoring Program. Call 714-834-8131 to schedule a visit.
When is HIV Reported?
Report an HIV case when a patient has a test result indicative of HIV infection (to report an AIDS case, see Reporting AIDS below). Tests indicative of HIV infection include:
Confirmed positive HIV antibody test
Any viral load test
Positive P24 antigen test
Positive viral isolation test
Positive Nucleic Acid Testing (NAT)
Providers report a patient once when a test result is indicative of HIV infection and once again if the individual meets the AIDS case definition. Always report a case even if you think the patient may have been reported by another provider. This helps ensure complete case capture, which is critical for local prevention and treatment funding.
When is AIDS Reported?
When an individual is diagnosed with one or more of the AIDS defining conditions listed below, their HIV care providers are required to report the case to the HIV/AIDS Surveillance and Monitoring Program within 7 days of the diagnosis: (For HIV infected individuals, definitive or presumptive)
CD4+ T-lymphocyte count <200 mL/mm3 or <14% of total T-lymphocytes
Candidiasis of the bronchi, trachea, or lungs
Candidiasis, esophageal
Cervical cancer, invasive
Coccidioidomycosis, disseminated or extra pulmonary
Cryptococcosis, extra-pulmonary
Cryptosporidiosis, chronic intestinal
Cytomegalovirus disease
Cytomegalovirus retinitis
Encephalopathy, HIV-related
Herpes simplex: chronic ulcers; or bronchitis, pneumonitis or esophagitis
Histoplasmosis, disseminated or extra pulmonary
Isosporiasis, chronic intestinal
Kaposi's Sarcoma
Lymphoma, Burkitt's
Lymphoma, immunoblastic
Lymphoma, primary in the brain
Mycobacterium avium complex or M. kansasii, disseminated or extra pulmonary
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, any site
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
Pneumonia, recurrent
Progressive multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
Salmonella septicemia, recurrent
Toxoplasmosis of the brain
Wasting syndrome due to HIV
For Pediatric HIV/AIDS case reporting, please call Linda Booth, 714-834-8125.
The original case definition of AIDS was established by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in 1981. Additional conditions and diseases were added in 1985, 1987 and 1993. All case definitions and revisions are published in the CDC's publication entitled 'Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report' (MMWR).
What is Reported?
Reports of HIV/AIDS cases to the Surveillance Program shall include, but are not limited to, name, address, phone, racial/ethnic group, gender, date of birth, mode of transmission information, diagnosis and date of diagnosis and the name, address and phone of the person or facility making the report.
The Surveillance Program is required by law to protect the privacy of any individual reported with HIV/AIDS.
No confidential information should be faxed or emailed.
