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Predicting Facility-Level Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) Incidence Based on Social Network Measures
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CRE are multidrug-resistant bacteria associated with up to 50 percent mortality in infected persons. CRE are increasingly problematic in Illinois healthcare facilities, especially long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs); therefore, Illinois… read more… the eXtensively Drug-Resistant Organism (XDRO) registry ( www.xdro . org). Mathematical models have identified patient … the eXtensively Drug-Resistant Organism (XDRO) registry (www.xdro. org). Mathematical models have identified patient … -
Legal Interventions to Reduce Overdose Mortality: Naloxone Access and Overdose Good Samaritan Laws
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This resource, developed by the Network for Public Health Law and released on June 8, 2017, summarizes state naloxone access and Good Samaritan laws. Background "Fatal drug overdose has increased more than six-fold in the past… read more -
Involvement of Local Communities and Households in the Implementation of the "One Health" Initiative Through the East African Integrated Disease Surveillance Network (EAIDSNet)
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The East African Community (EAC) is the regional intergovernmental organization of the Republics of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, the United Republic of Tanzania, and the Republic of Uganda, with its headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. The East African… read more… in Arusha, Tanzania. The East African Community ( www.eac.int ) is implementing the “One Health” initiative … in Arusha, Tanzania. The East African Community (www.eac.int) is implementing the “One Health” initiative … -
Tractable Use Cases for Collaboration in Public Health Surveillance
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The mission of the ISDS TCC is to bridge the gap between the analytic needs of public health practitioners and the expertise of researchers from other fields for the enhancement of disease surveillance, including situational awareness of chronic as… read more… to permit posting of benchmark datasets, http://www.syndromic.org/ communities/technical-conventions. Recent … to permit posting of benchmark datasets, http://www.syndromic.org/ communities/technical-conventions. Recent … -
The Transition from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM: Guidance for Analysis and Reporting of Injuries by Mechanism and Intent
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A report of the Injury Surveillance Workgroup Region 9, Safe States Alliance, December 2016. Executive Summary Impetus for this report: On October 1, 2015 in the United States, ICD-10-CM replaced ICD-9-CM for… read more… report: On October 1, 2015 in the United States, ICD-10-CM replaced ICD-9-CM for coding information in hospital discharge, emergency … activities that use these records. Overview of ICD-10-CM for injury diagnosis and external cause ICD-10-CM is … report: On October 1, 2015 in the United States, ICD-10-CM replaced ICD-9-CM for coding information in hospital … -
Proposed ICD–10–CM Surveillance Case Definitions for Injury Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits
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National Health Statistics Reports, Number 100, January 23, 2017. Abstract This report describes a collaboration between the National Center for Health Statistics and the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control to… read more… Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD–10–CM). The proposed ICD–10–CM surveillance case definitions were developed by applying … of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD–9–CM) definitions. As with the ICD–9–CM definitions, there are … -
Lessons Learned from the Transition to ICD-10-CM: Redefining Syndromic Surveillance Case Definitions for NC DETECT
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NC DETECT receives ICD-9-CM codes for emergency department (ED) visits and uses these codes in case definitions for syndromic surveillance (e.g. infectious disease, injury, etc.). Hospitals will begin using ICD-10-CM codes on October 1, 2015. As a… read more… NC DETECT receives ICD-9-CM codes for emergency department (ED) visits and uses these … disease, injury, etc.). Hospitals will begin using ICD-10-CM codes on October 1, 2015. As a result, preparations have been made to accommodate ICD-10-CM codes in NC DETECT for data transmission, receipt, … -
Enhanced Mosquito Surveillance for Aedes spp. in Santa Cruz County, Arizona
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Since 2003 some Arizona counties have followed mosquito surveillance protocols to trap the West Nile Virus vector, Culex spp., using CO2 traps. Despite low sensitivity of these traps to detect Aedes spp., one out of seven CO2 traps deployed… read more… to trap the West Nile Virus vector, Culex spp., using CO2 traps. Despite low sensitivity of these traps to detect Aedes spp., one out of seven CO2 traps deployed in Santa Cruz County detected Aedes … to trap the West Nile Virus vector, Culex spp., using CO2 traps. Despite low sensitivity of these traps to detect …