Tokyo metropolitan infectious disease outbreak trend survey

The infectious disease outbreak trend survey is a survey project that has been conducted nationwide since 1981 (Showa 56).
In April 1999, the "Law Concerning Prevention of Infectious Diseases and Medical Care for Patients with Infectious Diseases (Infectious Diseases Law)" was enacted, and the infectious disease outbreak trend survey was one of the measures against infectious diseases. positioned. The purpose is to prevent the outbreak and spread of infectious diseases by grasping and analyzing the outbreak situation of infectious diseases and providing information.

Diseases ascertained in the Infectious Disease Surveillance

The Infectious Diseases Surveillance Survey stipulates “diseases subject to 100% monitoring,” which requires doctors and veterinarians to report all cases, and “sentence-point monitoring diseases,” which requires reports of patients diagnosed at designated notification institutions (sentence-point medical institutions). increase.

Diseases subject to 100% grasp

Diseases that require a complete grasp of the number of cases are rare, or diseases that require measures to prevent the spread of infection to the surrounding area.
Infectious diseases reported to public health centers from medical institutions in Itabashi Ward are tabulated as "Itabashi Ward Infectious Disease Outbreak Report".

• Notification of outbreak of infectious disease

Diseases targeted for fixed-point grasp

The diseases for which sentinel monitoring is being conducted are those for which it is necessary to monitor the trend of occurrence, but the number of patients is large and it is not necessary to track the total number of cases.
In Itabashi Ward, 10 sentinel points for pediatrics, 6 sentinel points for internal medicine, 2 sentinel points for ophthalmology, 2 sentinel points for sexually transmitted diseases, 1 sentinel point for primary care, and 2 sentinel points for suspected illness alone are designated reporting institutions (sentence points designated as a medical institution).
The number of reports in Tokyo can be viewed on the WEB Survey of Infectious Diseases (Tokyo Metropolitan Government).

• Web Infectious Disease Trend Survey (Tokyo Metropolitan Government) (External link)