Past Updates from the Clinician Registry Listserv
Update Sent April 24, 2006
UPDATES TO INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE
The following updates were made to CDC information and guidance from April 10-17, 2006, or reflect current events. If you have any questions on these or other clinical issues, please write to us at coca@cdc.gov.
Today's topics Include:
- Upcoming COCA Conference Call
- Mumps Outbreak
- New Clinician Web Page
- Avian Influenza
- Pandemic Influenza
- Seasonal Influenza
- Hurricanes
- Training--Radiological Terrorism: Medical Response to Mass Casualties
- Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) Journal
COCA Conference Call: Crisis & Emergency Risk Communication
Please join us for our next COCA conference call!
Title: Crisis & Emergency Risk Communication
Speaker: Barbara Reynolds
Date: May 2, 2006
Time: 1:00 p.m. ET
Dial-in Number: (800) 369-1619
Passcode: Risk Communication
Objectives:
- Understand the accepted definitions of emergency risk and crisis communication concepts and their applicability to pandemic influenza
- Explore the communication needs of the general public and stakeholders during a public health emergency
- Describe the emotional range expected by persons involved in chaotic life events
- Examine the psychology of a public health emergency and what messages the public will need from their health professionals
Barbara has been with CDC since 1991. Her communication expertise has been used in the planning or response to pandemic influenza, vaccine safety, emerging disease outbreaks, and bioterrorism. Internationally, she has acted as a crisis communication consultant on health issues for France, Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, former Soviet Union nations, NATO, and the World Health Organization. Barbara is the author of the 2002 book, Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication and CDC's Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication course, which is now taught in universities and other settings nationwide and internationally. In 2004, she launched a version of the Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication course for leaders.
Slides for this presentation will be available soon from the following link: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/coca/callinfo.asp
New Clinician Webpage
Ricin: Information and Guidance for Clinician-
This webpage provides ricin information for health care professionals including, background, epidemiology, clinical description, and prevention. http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/ricin/clinicians/
Mumps Outbreak
Clinical Description and Diagnosis -
New information on Mumps case definition and case class classification as well as the Mumps section in the Red Book. http://www.cdc.gov/nip/diseases/mumps/default.htm#diag
Mumps Surveillance Worksheet -
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/surv-manual/app08_mumps_wksht.pdf
Instruction Sheet - http://www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/surv-manual/app08a_mumps_wksht_instr.pdf
Laboratory Diagnosis -
New information on specimen collection & management Q&As, as well as a Mumps virus standard RT-PCR overview.
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/diseases/mumps/default.htm#lab
References and Resources -
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/diseases/mumps/default.htm#ref
Press Briefing on Mumps Outbreak In the Midwest with Dr. Julie Gerberding, and Dr. Jane Seward -
Transcript from the April 19th Mumps outbreak press briefing.
http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/transcripts/t060419.htm
Avian Influenza
Avian Influenza: Current Situation - April 24
Sudan added to list of countries reporting animal cases.
Questions and Answers About Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus -
Provides updated information about avian influenza infection in animals. http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/gen-info/qa.htm
Pandemic Influenza
Press Release: Interregional spread of influenza through United States described by virus type, size of population and commuting rates and distance -
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) conclude that the regional spread of annual influenza epidemics throughout the United States is more closely connected with rates of movement of people to and from work than with geographical distance or air travels. They also found that epidemics spread faster between more populous locations. http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/apr2006/fic-19.htm
Seasonal Influenza
The following updates were made to CDC information and guidance from April 17-24, 2006 or reflect current events.
If you have any questions on these or other clinical issues, please write to us at coca@cdc.gov.
Today's topics Include:
COCA Conference Call: Crisis & Emergency Risk Communication
Please join us for our next COCA conference call!
Title: Crisis & Emergency Risk Communication
Speaker: Barbara Reynolds
Date: May 2, 2006
Time: 1:00 p.m. ET
Dial-in Number: (800) 369-1619
Passcode: Risk Communication
Objectives:
- Understand the accepted definitions of emergency risk and crisis communication concepts and their applicability to pandemic influenza
- Explore the communication needs of the general public and stakeholders during a public health emergency
- Describe the emotional range expected by persons involved in chaotic life events
- Examine the psychology of a public health emergency and what messages the public will need from their health professionals
Barbara has been with CDC since 1991. Her communication expertise has been used in the planning or response to pandemic influenza, vaccine safety, emerging disease outbreaks, and bioterrorism. Internationally, she has acted as a crisis communication consultant on health issues for France, Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, former Soviet Union nations, NATO, and the World Health Organization. Barbara is the author of the 2002 book, Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication and CDC's Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication course, which is now taught in universities and other settings nationwide and internationally. In 2004, she launched a version of the Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication course for leaders.
Slides for this presentation are available from the following link: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/coca/callinfo.asp
New Clinician Webpage
This webpage provides ricin information for health care professionals including, background, epidemiology, clinical description, and prevention.
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/ricin/clinicians/
Mumps Outbreak
New information on Mumps case definition and case class classification as well as the Mumps section in the Red Book.
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/diseases/mumps/default.htm#diag
Mumps Surveillance Worksheet - April 21
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/surv-manual/app08_mumps_wksht.pdf
Instruction Sheet - http://www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/surv-manual/app08a_mumps_wksht_instr.pdf
Laboratory Diagnosis - April 20
New information on specimen collection & management Q&As, as well as a Mumps virus standard RT-PCR overview.
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/diseases/mumps/default.htm#lab
References and Resources - April 19
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/diseases/mumps/default.htm#ref
Press Briefing on Mumps Outbreak In the Midwest with Dr. Julie Gerberding, and Dr. Jane Seward - April 19
Transcript from the April 19th Mumps outbreak press briefing.
http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/transcripts/t060419.htm
Avian Influenza
Avian Influenza: Current Situation - April 24
Sudan added to list of countries reporting animal cases.
Questions and Answers About Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus - Updated April 17
Provides updated information about avian influenza infection in animals.
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/gen-info/qa.htm
Pandemic Influenza
Press Release: Interregional spread of influenza through United States described by virus type, size of population and commuting rates and distance - April 19
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) conclude that the regional spread of annual influenza epidemics throughout the United States is more closely connected with rates of movement of people to and from work than with geographical distance or air travels. They also found that epidemics spread faster between more populous locations.
http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/apr2006/fic-19.htm
Seasonal Influenza
Flu Activity -
During week 15 (April 9 – April 15, 2006), influenza activity continued to decrease in the United States. Two hundred twenty-one specimens (12.3%) tested by U.S. World Health Organization (WHO) and National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System (NREVSS) collaborating laboratories were positive for influenza. The proportion of patient visits to sentinel providers for influenza-like illness (ILI) was below the national baseline. The proportion of deaths attributed to pneumonia and influenza was below the baseline level. Five states reported widespread influenza activity; 5 states reported regional influenza activity; 16 states, New York City, and the District of Columbia reported local influenza activity; 23 states reported sporadic influenza activity; and one state reported no activity. http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/
Flu Activity Reports & Surveillance -
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/fluactivity.htm
Hurricanes
Monitoring Poison Control Center Data to Detect Health Hazards During Hurricane Season --- Florida, 2003--2005 - MMWR Report -
In the fall of 2004, the Florida Department of Health (FDOH) began retrospectively reviewing data collected by the Florida Poison Information Center Network (FPICN) during the 2004 hurricane season. During the 2005 hurricane season, FDOH, in consultation with FPICN, initiated daily monitoring of FPICN records of exposures that might reflect storm-related health hazards. Analysis of these data determined that 28 carbon monoxide (CO) exposures were reported to FPICN in the 2 days after Hurricane Katrina made its August 25, 2005, landfall in Florida, en route to a second landfall on the Gulf Coast.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5515a2
Rapid Needs Assessment of Two Rural Communities After Hurricane Wilma --- Hendry County, Florida, November 1--2, 2005 - MMWR Report -
On October 27, the Florida Department of Health (FDOH) asked CDC and the North Carolina Division of Public Health (NCDPH) for assistance in performing a rapid needs assessment of communities most affected by the storm. On the basis of information from local public health officials, field assessment teams, and electric power companies, FDOH identified Hendry County, a rural county with a 2000 population of 36,210, as the most severely affected area.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5515a3
Clinician Training
Radiological Terrorism: Medical Response to Mass Casualties
The purpose of this interactive self-study training is to provide clinician education on local medical response to mass casualties during the immediate aftermath of a radiological or nuclear terrorism incident.
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/masscasualties/training.asp
Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) Journal
The Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) journal provides recognition of new and re-emerging infections and understanding of factors involved in disease emergence, prevention, and elimination. It also represents the scientific communications component of CDC's efforts against the threat of emerging infections. See the May 2006 issue of the EID journal at the following link: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/index.htm
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