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Surveillance for Radiation-Related Exposures Reported to the National Poison Data System
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For radiological incidents, collecting surveillance data can identify radiation-related public health significant incidents quickly and enable public health officials to describe the characteristics of the affected population and the magnitude of… read more… to radiation and radioactive materials reported from all 57 United States (US) PCs to NPDS, a web-based, national PC reporting database and surveillance system. Objective … to radiation and radioactive materials reported from all 57 United States (US) PCs to NPDS, a web-based, national … -
Use of the National Poison Data System after the 2011 Japan Radiological Incident for Surveillance of Incident-related Exposures in the United States
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NPDS is a national database of detailed information collected from each call, uploaded in near real-time, from the 57 participating regional poison centers (PCs) located across the US. NPDS is owned and operated by the American Association of Poison… read more… Methods A new, unique event code was created for staff of all 57 regional PCs to use for coding calls related to this … Conclusions Collaboration between CDC, AAPCC and PC staff were crucial to surveillance efforts during the … ehtj11115 ehtj11120 ehtj11024 ehtj11060 ehtj11110 26-50 ehtj11034 ehtj11198 ehtj11174 ehtj11048 ehtj11154 …