Past Updates from the Clinician Registry Listserv
Update Sent September 5, 2006
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Today's topics include:
COCA Conference Call
Select COCA conference calls will soon be podcasted!
Please check the following link for further information on CDC Podcasts:
http://www2a.cdc.gov/podcasts/
Upcoming Call - BioSense
Date: Tuesday, September 26, 2006Time: 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. ET
Topic: Update on BioSense
Speaker: Lynn Steele, MS, CIC
Toll-Free Dial-in Number: (888) 889-4431
Passcode: BioSense
Lynn Steele, MS, CIC, is the Director of the Division of Emergency Preparedness and Response (DEPR) in the National Center for Public Health Informatics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In her current position as Division Director, she is also the BioSense program lead.
Ms. Steele has been at CDC since 1998 serving as an epidemiologist in the National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID), Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion and subsequently serving as a special advisor to CDC’s Associate Director for Communication, to develop the clinician communication and outreach strategy for CDC’s new Emergency Communication System. Prior to joining CDC, Ms. Steele worked and consulted in healthcare epidemiology for 10 years in a variety of practice settings.
Objectives for the call are that participants will:
- Understand the vision and approach for building BioSense
- Be familiar with the 2006 implementation goals and progress toward those goals
- Have increased awareness of the evaluation plans and communication channels now in place
Slides will be posted in upcoming Updates and on the COCA website: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/coca/callinfo.asp.
Pandemic Influenza
PandemicFlu.gov - August 30
PandemicFlu.gov en Español is now available.
http://www.pandemicflu.gov/espanol/
Avian Influenza
WHO Case Definitions for Human Infections with Influenza A(H5N1) Virus - August 29
WHO has developed standardized case definitions to facilitate: 1) Reporting and classification of human cases of H5N1 infection by national and international health authorities, 2) Standardization of language for communication purposes, and 3) Comparability of data across time and geographical areas.
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/guidelines/case_definition2006_08_29/en/index.html
DOI, USDA, State Partners Test More Than 13,000 Wild Migratory Birds in Alaska - USDA News Release - August 29
Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns and Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced on August 29 that their departments and the State of Alaska have tested more than 13,000 wild migratory birds for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in Alaska. No HPAI H5N1-a virus that has killed wild birds, commercial poultry and more than 140 people in Asia, Europe and Africa-has been detected in any of the Alaska samples.
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome?contentidonly=true&contentid=2006/08/0326.xml
Anthrax
Spanish translations are now available for the patient information pages below - August 30
- Patient Information: Ciprofloxacin
- Patient Information: Doxycycline
- Patient Information: Amoxicillin
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/anthrax/espanol/
Emergency Preparedness
RSS Feed for CDC Emergency Preparedness and Response Website - August 31
Get notified whenever any new or updated documents are posted anywhere on this site.
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/rss/
CDC Commemorates the One-Year Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina - August 30
This page outlines CDC's response and efforts during this emergency. Included are articles such as, CDC Immersed in Massive Hurricane Relief Efforts, CDC's Hurricane Help: Stories From Staff, as well as articles on the 2005 Hurricane Efforts of various Centers at CDC.
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/katrina06.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 September 2006 issue of the EID journal at the following link: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/index.htm
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