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Evaluation of Exposure-Type Stratification to Improve Poison Center Surveillance
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) uses the National Poison Data System (NPDS) to conduct surveillance of calls to United States poison centers (PCs) to identify clusters of reports of hazardous exposures and illnesses. NPDS stores… read more… and illnesses. NPDS stores basic information from PC calls including call type (information request only or … clinical, and other variables. CDC looks for anomalies in PC data by using automated algorithms to analyze call and … and illnesses. NPDS stores basic information from PC calls including call type (information request only or … -
Improving Detection of Call Clusters through Surveillance of Poison Center Data
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) uses the National Poison Data System (NPDS) to conduct surveillance of calls to United States PCs. PCs provide triage and treatment advice for hazardous exposures through a free national hotline.… read more… an alternative to pure call volume-based detection where all calls to each PC are aggregated for anomaly detection, we considered … the historical limits method (HLM) to poison center (PC) call volumes with vs without stratifying by exposure … an alternative to pure call volume-based detection where all calls to each PC are aggregated for anomaly detection, … -
Assessment of National Poison Data System Algorithms to identify Public Health Events
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NPDS is a near real-time surveillance system and national database operated by the American Association of Poison Control Centers. NPDS receives records of all calls made to the 55 regional US poison centers (PCs). The Centers for Disease Control… read more… of Poison Control Centers. NPDS receives records of all calls made to the 55 regional US poison centers (PCs). … Anomalies are reviewed daily by a distributed team of PC medical and clinical toxicologists for potential … of Poison Control Centers. NPDS receives records of all calls made to the 55 regional US poison centers (PCs). … -
Effective Collaboration Models for Statiscians and Public Health Departments
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Public health departments need enhanced surveillance tools for population monitoring, and external researchers have expertise and methods to provide these tools. However, collaboration with potential solution developers and students in academia,… read more… 40 U.S. states, access to improved analytic methods was a top priority. Among the tools most desired by respondents … 40 U.S. states, access to improved analytic methods was a top priority. Among the tools most desired by respondents … -
Adopting a common influenza-like illness syndrome across multiple health jurisdictions
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Syndromic surveillance systems were designed for early outbreak and bioterrorism event detection. As practical experience shaped development and implementation, these systems became more broadly used for general surveillance and situational… read more… a distributed surveillance network for sharing de-identified aggregate emergency department syndromic … a distributed surveillance network for sharing de-identified aggregate emergency department (ED) syndromic … periods and epidemics. Use of the common syndrome did not have an overall or systematic cost in terms of … -
National Syndromic Surveillance Program Community of Practice (NSSP CoP) Expert Panel - Part I: Leading Community Groups
Content Type: Webinar
Presented February 13, 2019. This webinar is the first installment of the 2-part NSSP CoP Expert Panel Webinar Series on Being a Leader in Your Community.… read more… size? What partners were involved? Mission/Goals? How did you come into your role? Were you asked to chair a group or was it a more natural evolution? Did you feel like there was any specific expertise required? … size? What partners were involved? Mission/Goals? How did you come into your role? Were you asked to chair a group … -
Tuning a Chief Complaint Text Parser for Use in DoD ESSENCE
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An expanded ambulatory health record, the Comprehensive Ambulatory Patient Encounter Record (CAPER) will provide multiple types of data for use in DoD ESSENCE. A new type of data not previously available is the Reason for Visit (ROV), a free-text… read more… consciousness is relatively common in military settings due to prolonged standing, exertion in hot weather with … dehydration, etc., whereas the main concern is shock/coma due to infectious causes. To reduce false positive mappings … consciousness is relatively common in military settings due to prolonged stand- ing, exertion in hot weather with … -
Evaluating a standard influenza-like illness syndrome definition across multiple sites in the distribute project: The ‘ILI-s’ Pilot
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The Distribute project began in 2006 as a distributed, syndromic surveillance demonstration project that networked state and local health departments to share aggregate emergency department-based influenza-like illness (ILI) syndrome… read more… ILI-s time-series visualized on the Distribute restricted website. Emerging Health Threats Journal 2011, 4:s48. doi: … could be visualized through the Distribute restricted website. Comparison of local ILI-narrow, ILI-broad and ILI-s … 1 Olson DR, Paladini M, Buehler JW, Mostashari F. Adv Dis Surv 2008;5:185 …