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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, … -
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 … -
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). … -
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 …