Reports must be made within 5 working days after being suspected or diagnosed. Routine reports should be made using the RTR System. Reports may also be made by FAX or by telephone.

Partner identification, notification, diagnosis, and treatment are critical disease intervention activities. All patients with HIV or STDs should be interviewed for sexual partners, and these partners notified of their exposure and offered testing and treatment. Confidential assistance in conducting these activities is available from public health personnel through the HIV/STD Program (1-907-269-8000).

In addition to infectious disease reporting, laboratories are required to report any blood lead level greater or equal to ten micrograms per deciliter (µg/dL). A legible copy of the laboratory report may be faxed, RTR System, or telephone.

Physicians and other health care practicioners should report cases that will not be seen at an Alaska hospital or who obtain evaluation or treatment in another state. The information on the report form should be sent to the Alaska Cancer Registry by FAX or mail. The RTR Sytem is not used to report cancer.

Physicians, hospitals, and other health care facilities and providers must report children from birth up to 6 years of age who have been diagnosed with or treated for any of the birth defects listed below (7 AAC 27.012). Reports should be submitted within three months of diagnosis or treatment. The RTR system is not used to report birth defects. Information should be entered on a Birth Defects Reporting Form and submitted to the Alaska Birth Defects Registry (ABDR). Please fill one form out for each child being reported. Use the most specific ICD-9 codes available and write out a diagnosis description, along with the diagnosis date.

The ICD-9 code and written diagnosis should be specific. For example, if appropriate you would report a child as having “sickle cell anemia” with an ICD-9 code of 282.60. For this child, do not write “hereditary anemia” with ICD-9 code 282, as such a report is not a specific diagnosis.

If you have never reported before, the ABDR staff can answer any questions you may have. If you have a large number of reports, contact the ABDR to discuss an alternate method of reporting. Completed reports should be mailed or faxed to:

Alaska Birth Defects Registry
3601 C Street, Suite 424
P O Box 240249
Anchorage, Alaska 99524-0249
Fax: (907) 269-3493 Phone: (907) 269-8097

Please include the suite number when mailing.