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Disaster Surveillance Revisited: Passive, Active and Electronic Syndromic Surveillance during Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, LA - 2005
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Surveillance strategies following major natural disasters have varied widely with respect to methods used to collect and analyze data. Following Hurricane Katrina, public health concerns included infectious disease outbreaks, injuries, mental health… read more… implemented on September 9 (through October 15) in all functioning hospital EDs, community clinics, Disaster … for 16%, injuries (e.g., MVA, trauma, falls) represented 26%, and exacerbation of chronic illness (e.g., asthma, … in disasters. Crit Care Med 2005 33(Suppl):S29-S33. 2. de Ville de Goyet C, Zeballos JL. 1988. Communicable … -
An Emergency Department Based Syndromic Surveillance System for Meningitis and Encephalitis, Maricopa County, AZ 2004
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We developed, implemented and evaluated Meningitis and Encephalitis (M/E) syndrome case definitions based on electronic Emergency Department (ED) chief complaint data; and assessed their ability to detect aberrations that correspond with M/E… read more… for each case definition. RESULTS A total of 243 (26%) reported M/E cases visited the 5 hospitals for which … from 18% to 71%. Specificity was high (98% to 99%) for all case definitions except for the least restrictive case … -
Analysis of Syndrome Definitions for Gastrointestinal Illness with ICD9 Codes for Gastroenteritis during the 2006-07 Norovirus Season in Boston
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We report on a retrospective analysis of gastrointestinal syndrome definitions based on chief complaints and ICD9 diagnosis for gastroenteritis during the 2006-07 season of increased norovirus activity.… (BPHC) syndromic surveillance system receives daily, de- identified patient-visit data from 10 hospital emer- … vomiting, diarrhea, anorexia, and dehydration. GI3 did the same, but excluded visits that contained gyne- … syndromes and ICD9 codes for gastroenteritis. CONCLUSIONS All three syndrome definitions had a fairly high de- gree of … -
Biosurveillance: A Definition, Scope and Description of Current Capability for a National Strategy
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Homeland Security Presidential Directive – 21 (HSPD-21) requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a national biosurveillance capability that provides early warning and situation awareness for urgent public health events.… read more… health significance.’ The scope of biosurveillance is all hazards and includes threats and exposures to human … environmental exposures), diseases, and outbreaks (i.e., nationally notifiable diseases). Today’s … approach to biosurveillance: Kansas City. Emer Infect Dis. 2003; 9: 1281-86. [2]Association of State and … -
Emergency department diagnosis code data for surveillance of vaccine adverse events: comparison with the national vaccine adverse event reporting system
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Nationally, vaccine safety is monitored through several systems including Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), a passive reporting system designed to detect potential vaccine safety concerns. Healthcare providers … read more… Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2004;23(4): 287–9. 2 CDC. Interim Results: Influenza A …