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  • One Health: an Education & Outreach Program for Abattoir Workers

    Content Type: Webinar

    Presented October 25, 2017. In regular contact with abattoir workers during inspections, USDA APHIS Georgia employees noticed very few employees using proper PPE, and observed risky slaughter and processing practices  at both small and large… read more
    … across plants. The project’s goal was to establish a training protocol wherein abattoir workers are educated on … of a disinfection plan, it is equally important to train personnel of the proper procedures to use and safety … away with potable water prior to restocking. Personnel training, personal protective measures and safety …
  • Emergency Department Syndromic Surveillance in Michigan: Routine Analysis and Beyond

    Content Type: Training

    This presentation shared by Michigan covers the introductory basics of syndromic surveillance. This is a part of a web based training that new users have to complete before getting access to the surveillance system in Michigan. 
    … of syndromic surveillance. This is a part of a web based training that new users have to complete before getting … (Figure 4) Title 49 Syndromic SURVEILLANCE: resources MI-TRAIN course for LHDs http:// mi.train.org “Emergency …
  • Visualization in R

    Content Type: Training

    The topics covered in this training include frequency tables, scatter plots, correlation plots, box plots, panels with multiple plots on the same page, formatting/customizing plots, and lattice and ggplot2 packages for elegant visualization.
    … The topics covered in this training include frequency tables, scatter plots, … on Tue, 10/31/2017 - 07:26 … The topics covered in this training include frequency tables, scatter plots, …
  • Monitoring Population Changes for Emergency Management Support in Tennessee

    Content Type: Success Stories

    In late summer 2017, the United States endured two severe hurricanes back to back. On August 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas and southwest Louisiana, dumping more than 19 trillion gallons of rain. On September 10, 2017, 20 days… read more
    … Early Notification of Community-Based Epidemics, known as ESSENCE, to monitor out-of-state patients seeking emergency …
  • Utilities of Maryland’s syndromic surveillance system: identifying threats, case investigation and situational awareness

    Content Type: Abstract

    Maryland’s electronic surveillance system for the early notification of community-based epidemics (ESSENCE) data includes emergency department visits from all acute care hospitals, over-the-counter medication sales and poison control data that cover… read more
    … for the early notification of community-based epidemics (ESSENCE) data includes emergency department visits from all … Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) uses ESSENCE daily for the early detection of public health …
  • Talking Turkish: Using N-Grams for Syndromic Surveillance in a Turkish Emergency Department without the Need for English Translation

    Content Type: Abstract

    Previously we used an “N-Gram” classifier for syndromic surveillance of emergency department (ED) chief complaints (CC) in English for bioterrorism. The classifier is trained on a set of ED visits for which both the ICD diagnosis code and CC are… read more
    … Our objective was to apply the N-Gram method to a training set of Turkish ED data to create a Turkish CC … respiratory grouping of ICD9 codes created by the ESSENCE-CDC project. We then used an N- Gram method adapted …
  • Trends in Emergency Department Visits for Influenza-like Illness and Antiviral Medication Transactions

    Content Type: Abstract

    The electronic surveillance system for the early notification of community-based epidemics (ESSENCE) is the web-based syndromic surveillance system utilized by the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH). ESSENCE utilizes a secure,… read more
    … for the early notification of community-based epidemics (ESSENCE) is the web-based syndromic surveillance system … Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH). ESSENCE utilizes a secure, automated process for the …
  • Heat-related Illness - CSTE Heat Workgroup

    Content Type: Syndrome

    This definition is based the following document created by the CSTE Heat Workgroup: Heat-related Illness Syndrome Query: A guidance Document for Implementing Heat-related Illness Syndromic Surveillance in Public Health Practice (attached). The query… read more
    … It is also available in the CC and DD category in NSSP ESSENCE. (992 OR (E900 ANDNOT E900.1) OR T67 OR X30 ANDNOT … for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics (ESSENCE). These syndrome queries are provided in Appendix 2. …