Communicable Disease Surveillance & Epidemiology

The office of Communicable Disease Surveillance & Epidemiology Unit (CDSE) is to reduce the incidence of communicable disease (not including tuberculosis, sexually transmitted diseases, and AIDS) in the City of Cleveland through prevention, surveillance, and outbreak control.  The ongoing goals of CDSE include the following:

Communicable Disease Surveillance and Control 

• conduct surveillance for over 90 diseases and disease syndromes
• investigate disease outbreaks and recommend control measures
• conduct outbreak studies and projects
• conduct syndromic surveillance activities
• produce data reports, special analyses, and procedure manuals

Communicable Disease Policy and Coordination 

• set policy and make procedure recommendations for department activities related to infectious and communicable diseases
• interpret and enforce State and federal laws and regulations
• interface with other local, state, national, and federal agencies and programs concerned with public health
  

Communicable Disease-Related Training 

• serve as a consultant to the medical community on issues of communicable and infectious diseases
• provide professional education to doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals
• provide general education to the community and community based organizations
  

Public Education

• proactively educate and address concerns and inquiries of the news media on communicable disease
  

Emergency Preparedness

• prepare plans and guidelines for emergency preparedness and pandemic influenza