Body Clinical Services is responsible for monitoring the incidence of reportable communicable diseases in the community; preventing communicable diseases and promoting disease prevention; and assuring access to treatment of communicable diseases such as STDs, HIV and AIDS, and tuberculosis. The division also provides health assessments for newly arriving refugees, asylees, parolees...

Body Lead is toxic to everyone, especially children under six years old. Even a small amount of lead can affect children’s IQ, learning and behavior. The Lead Toolkit is intended to help families identify common sources of lead in the home and learn simple steps to reduce exposure. The Lead Toolkit...

Body What We Do Meetings Committees Meet the BHAB The next BHAB meeting: BHAB General Meeting May 27, 2026, 10:00 am - 11:45 am In-person Meeting - 601 N. Ross St., Santa Ana, CA 92701- MPR *Virtual option available, please check the agenda for login information. This meeting is open to...

Body Schedule: 2026 Meeting Schedule *NEW!! (Note: All OCBHAB meetings are open to public) Study Committee Meetings Study Committee Meetings: 601 N. Ross St., Santa Ana, CA 92701- MPR and County Conference Center Room #104 Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/99364554212 Meeting ID: 993 6455 4212 *Currently all meetings are now in-person but we...

Body Diversion Dashboard: System The following dashboard provides a systemwide visualization of diversion hours by date and diversion category for all designated Emergency Receiving Centers. Data Source: ReddiNet Diversion Table By Month/Year: By Receiving Hospital The following dashboard provides a table of cumulative diversion hours by month/year for each designated Emergency...

Body Services The Office of Vital Records (OVR) serves as the Local Registrar for Orange County births and deaths, including out-of-hospital births. OVR issues certified copies of birth and death certificates and burial permits for the disposition of human remains. Birth, Death, and Fetal Death Certificates For instructions on how to...

Body ATTENTION: Allow 10 business days after the birth or death event for the record to be registered and available for purchase. We do not verify whether records are registered or ready for purchase by telephone or email. If no record is found, Health and Safety Code 103650 requires our office...

Body To review HIV Planning Council meeting agendas, minutes, and any additional resource please click on the links below. Only Council Agenda and Minutes are posted below. For Agenda and Minutes for Committee meetings, please contact Martha Garcia ( MGarcia@ochca.com ) to be added to the e-mail listserv. 2026 Meeting Date...

Body TEST NAME Bacterial Culture, Aerobic DEPARTMENT BACT TESTS B2 DESCRIPTION Identification of all aerobic organisms found using conventional biochemical and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of resolution (MALDI-TOF) techniques. SPECIMEN REQUIREMENTS SPECIMEN: Urine, sputum, eye, ear, genital, wounds, tissue, body fluid, and abscesses. CONTAINER: Bacterial Culturettes;BD Urine C&S Preservative (Gray...

Body Continuing Education (CE) is required for most levels of the medical professions. In the Emergency Medical Services profession, CE is referred to as pre-hospital or EMS CE. EMT’s, AEMT’s, Paramedic’s, and Mobile Intensive Care Nurse’s (MICN’s) all must perform EMS CE every two years for EMT or AEMT re-certification, Paramedic...