Measles Information for Providers
Healthcare providers must report a case, suspected case, and/or positive laboratory result immediately via telephone to the local public health department.
To report a case, suspected case, and/or positive laboratory result to Hamilton County Public Health, please call 513-946-7874.
Reporting Protocol
Measles is a Class A Reportable Infectious Disease. Report a case, suspected case, and/or positive laboratory result immediately via telephone to the local public health department in which the patient resides. If patient residence is unknown, report immediately via telephone to the local public health department in which the reporting healthcare provider or laboratory is located.
Prompt recognition, reporting, and investigation of measles is important because the spread of the disease can be limited with early case identification and public health response including vaccination and quarantine of susceptible contacts without presumptive evidence of immunity. Laboratory confirmation is essential for all measles outbreaks.
State and local health departments have the lead in investigating measles cases and outbreaks when they occur.
To report a case, suspected case, and/or positive laboratory result to Hamilton County Public Health, please call 513-946-7874. If you are calling to report after hours, please call 877-774-4636.
Below is a useful brochure containing contact details for the Southwest Ohio Public Health Region and a guide for reporting infectious diseases in Ohio.
For more clinical information regarding measles, please visit the CDC’s page for healthcare professionals.
Testing Information
The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) will accept specimens from suspected measles cases who meet the clinical criteria and meet one of the following: 1) have a recent travel history or known/potential exposure to a case of measles and/or 2) are unvaccinated.* Providers who suspect measles where the patient does not meet the criteria for ODH lab testing, should be instructed to send specimens to the laboratory they normally use.
Important Phone Numbers
