CSTE HIV-STI-OOJ Contact Board

About The
HIV-STI-OOJ
Contact Board

Updated September 11, 2024 at 9:24 AM ET.

Overview

The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists’ (CSTE) HIV-STI- out of jurisdiction (OOJ) Contact Board was developed as a resource for state, Tribal, local, and territorial (STLT) jurisdictions to facilitate data sharing for HIV and STI surveillance. The contact board combines the previous CSTE HIV Contact Board, CSTE STI Surveillance Contact Board, and the CDC Interstate Communication Control Records (ICCR). The content of the CSTE HIV-STI-OOJ Contact Board is populated and maintained by STLT jurisdictions.

The current CSTE HIV Contact Board and CSTE STI Surveillance Contact Board are still live. CSTE will provide at least a month’s notice before sunsetting the contact boards for sole use of the CSTE HIV-STI-OOJ Contact Board. Contacts were migrated from the CSTE HIV Contact Board and CSTE STI Surveillance Contact Board so please be sure to review your jurisdiction’s page on the CSTE HIV-STI-OOJ Contact Board to ensure all information was correctly transferred. Please be sure to regularly update any incomplete or inaccurate information.

Accessing and Updating the CSTE HIV-STI-OOJ Contact Board

Logging into the CSTE HIV-STI-OOJ Contact Board

Access the CSTE HIV-STI-OOJ Contact Board here: https://hivstiooj.cste.org/

When logging in for the first time, users who were on the CSTE HIV Contact Board or CSTE STI Surveillance Contact Board can log in with the email address that received this email and use the “Forgot Password” button to create a password.

Those who have not had previous access to the CSTE HIV Contact Board or CSTE STI Surveillance Contact Board must be added to the new CSTE HIV-STI-OOJ Contact Board by another user within their jurisdiction who has access. The existing user should log in, select “Add New User” and populate contact information in the “My Jurisdiction” page.

Users can view other jurisdiction’s POCs and OOJ details on the “Contact” page.

Users can update their password or email address under the “Account” page at any time.

Users can submit technical support ticket through this form that is also located on the login page of the CSTE HIV-STI-OOJ Contact Board.

Updating your Jurisdiction within the CSTE HIV-STI-OOJ Contact Board

Users can edit their jurisdiction’s information on the “My Jurisdiction” page.

Users will only be able to add and update contacts and OOJ entries for their own jurisdiction.

Users can export an Excel document of POC or OOJ information by jurisdiction or can select “ALL”.

Deleting a user will remove that user’s access to the CSTE HIV-STI-OOJ Contact Board and an alert email will be sent to the deleted user’s email address.

Adding a user will grant access to the CSTE HIV-STI-OOJ Contact Board and an alert email with login information will be sent to the added user’s email address.

Confidentiality

Health departments should consult and follow the recommendations in the CDC National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention (NCHHSTP) Data Security and Confidentiality Guidelines to ensure confidentiality is protected and maintained across jurisdictions. Communications between public health jurisdictions, including the protection of confidential information, is the responsibility of each project area. Information sharing between jurisdictions should be limited to the OOJ coordinators to ensure confidentiality is maintained.

How to use the Contact Board

The CSTE HIV-STI-OOJ Contact Board should be used to identify and confidentially contact point(s) of contact (POCs) in other jurisdictions to inform them about individuals in their jurisdiction in need of HIV and STI partner services and conduct HIV and STI surveillance activities. When cross-jurisdictional public health follow-up is needed, staff should gather all pertinent locating, medical, and risk information of the individual in need of services and share it confidentially with their jurisdiction’s OOJ POC. The initiating OOJ POC will then contact the OOJ POC in the receiving jurisdiction; using CSTE HIV-STI-OOJ Contact Board to identify the receiving POC, the acceptable mechanism for information sharing, and type of investigations accepted. In addition to POCs, the CSTE HIV-STI-OOJ Contact Board lists the type of follow-up each jurisdiction accepts and the desired method of communication. Through these established points of contact, jurisdictions may share data efficiently and confidentially.