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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… ina^,or,^Sepsis^,or,^Ulcer^,or,^Cellulitis^,or,^Bleed^,or,^Back pain^,or,^Back spasm^,or,^Sciatic^,or,^paresthes^,or,^Testical … ina^,or,^Sepsis^,or,^Ulcer^,or,^Cellulitis^,or,^Bleed^,or,^Back pain^,or,^Back spasm^,or,^Sciatic^,or,^paresthes^,or,^Testical … -
Predicting Probabilities of Flu Vaccination and Commuting Methods Having Elevated Flu Transmission Probabilities in New York City
Content Type: Abstract
Aerial transmission and direct contact are important factors for flu. Consequently, close contact with large groups of people, such as during mass transit, present opportunities for transmission. One protective method that… read more… The good- ness-of-fit test showed no evidence of a lack of fit (p=0.9351), and the max-rescaled R-square is … The goodness-of-fit test failed to produce evidence of a lack of fit (p= 0.4132), and the max-rescaled R-square is … -
Use of Laboratory Drug Sensitivity Tests and Prescription Practices in Malawi
Content Type: Abstract
Of the 13 million people in Malawi1 85% are rural and the country has high burden of under-five morbidity and mortality due to preventable infectious diseases. Respiratory, febrile and diarrhea diseases are the top 3 morbidity and mortality… read more… which should inform prescription practices. There is lack of demand and reliance on drug sensitivity tests by the prescribing clinician. Clinicians sited the lack of laboratory capacity and also the delays that go with … -
Syndromic Surveillance of Non-traumatic Dental Conditions in Idaho Core Areas
Content Type: Success Stories
Access to dental care is a public health problem in Idaho because most of the state is experiencing a shortage of dental health professionals. The Idaho Oral Health program has anecdotal evidence that some Idahoans compensate for this shortage by… read more… for non-traumatic dental care and how often. Given the lack of data available to understand this problem, the … problems from being a relatively minor topic, because of lack of data, to one about whether this issue should be … dental care and how often. Actions Taken Given the lack of data available to understand this problem, the … -
Chronic Pain Syndrome - Kansas Board of Pharmacy
Content Type: Syndrome
This is a preliminary Chronic Pain-Related Syndrome, created to search relevant ICD10 and a few key terms in emergency department visits in ESSENCE. The codes and terms are specific to non-cancer related chronic pain with exclusions of… read more… Pain Disorder, Chronic Pain, Polymyalgia Rheumatica, Low Back Pain, Dorsalgia Negations - C00-C99, D00-D49, and D3A … AND pain ) or (polymyalgia AND rheumatica) or (low AND back AND PAIN) or dorsalgia) ANDNOT (C[0-9][0-9] or C7[AB] … -
Application of Event-Based Biosurveillance to Disease Emergence in Isolated Regions
Content Type: Abstract
Argus is an event-based surveillance system which captures information from publicly available Internet media in multiple languages. The information is contextualized and indications and warning (I&W) of disease are identified. Reports are… read more… to medical staff and one relative, as well as a severe lack of biosafety personal protective and laboratory … effectiveness of disease management in the region: (1) a lack of government leadership and account- ability, (2) poor … -
Introducing: Future MFT Facility Administration Tool – User Interface and Functionality
Content Type: Webinar
The NSSP Support Team will present an overview on the plans for a future Master Facility Table user interface (UI) designed to replace the current excel-spreadsheet update process. The presentation will feature mock-ups of the UI screens,… read more… 1 Emergency Care ‹#› Proposed UI So, what happens on the back-end of the system? This represents the rows that would … 1 Emergency Care ‹#› Proposed UI So what happens on the back end. You’ll notice that the Facility Master Table shows … missing an AHA_ID, so we are going to reject it to send back to Site Administrator. 56 GA Generic Hosp AHA_ID Please … -
Using Gaming Tools to Train Disease Surveillance Professionals and Investigate Next-Generation Capabilities
Content Type: Webinar
This webinar will provide an overview of game-based tools for surveillance training and technology evaluation. The philosophy and methods of “serious gaming” will be presented through case studies and interactive examples. Panelists… read more… Preparedness Exercises • Scripted actions • Lack of surprise • Focus on responsibilities and process • Often lacks forcing pressures • Lack of feedback on solution Games are complementary …