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Kansas Uses a Novel Approach to Assess Injuries to Agricultural Workers
Content Type: Success Stories
Agriculture can be a hazardous industry. Farmers, and oftentimes their family members, are at high risk for injuries, fatalities, and illness. Risks include exposure to pesticides on crop farms and use of tractors, farming equipment, and other… read more -
Acute Flaccid Myelitis – Surveillance updates and CDC activities, 2018
Content Type: Webinar
Presented December 20, 2018. The presentation will provide a summary of the epidemiology of AFM during the increase in cases in 2018 and updates on CDC’s AFM activities. Presenters Adriana Lopez, MHS,… read more -
Developing, Evaluating, and Disseminating Definitions for Syndromic Surveillance in Public Health Practice: A Guidance Document
Content Type: References
This document, released February 18, 2019, focuses on several key areas related to syndrome definition creation, including the basics behind a syndrome definition, steps to build a syndrome, evaluation of a new (or old) definition, and dissemination… read more -
Exposure to Forces of Nature (Weather) Diagnosis Codes - Excluding Heat/Sunlight Exposure - Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Content Type: Syndrome
This syndrome was created to capture records where the "exposure to forces of nature" diagnosis codes are sent, excluding Heat/Sunlight codes. The original syndrome captured all weather-related events that are explicitly stated and diagnosed, but… read more -
Carbon Monoxide Exposure - Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Content Type: Syndrome
This syndrome was created to capture Kansas ED Visits with chief complaints related to carbon monoxide poisoning/exposure or similar diagnosis codes. The terms "heater" and "generator" are included to potentially capture cases of improper heater and… read more -
Acute Flaccid Myelitis Diagnosis Codes - Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Content Type: Syndrome
This syndrome was created to query ESSENCE for KS ED visits potentially associated with Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM). Diagnosis codes were provided to KDHE by a CDC AFM contact and originally included approximately 100 codes that could encompass… read more -
Rabies Exposure and PEP - Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Content Type: Syndrome
This syndrome was created to query NSSP ESSENCE on Rabies Exposure and Rabies PEP S Syndromic Surveillance System - NSSP ESSENCE Data source - Emergency Room Visits Fields used - Chief Complaint History and Discharge Diagnosis History OR… read more -
Firework Injuries - Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Content Type: Syndrome
This syndrome was created to query NSSP ESSENCE for KS ED visits related to fireworks, particularly around the United States Independence Day holiday. Legality and slang for firework injuries will vary by region and some terms in this query are… read more