'HIV Self-Testing Program' receives wide usage: Taiwan CDC Like all US states, North Carolina has state laws and regulations mandating communicable disease reporting (2-4). However, an additional limitation of this study was that we were unable to assess the sensitivity of ICD-9-CM codes (i...
and nursing facilities (LTC Facilities) not only report communicable diseases, health care-associated infections, and potential outbreaks to State and Local health care departments, but also report COVID-19 data to the federal Centers for Disease Control ...
Background.As part of efforts to prevent the introduction of communicable diseases into the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conducts surveillance for selected diseases in international travelers. One of these diseases, tuberculosis (TB), received substantial attention...
reports to outside -- Guideline for support staff -- Abbreviations/acronyms -- Glossaries 'In establishing the Communicable Disease Center (CDC) in July 1946, the USPHS Surgeon General directed that the organization help states control communicable diseases by providing technical assistance and ...
HAI still occurs in as many as 10 percent of admissions in developed countries. Recent CDC estimates place the number of nosocomial infections in the USA for 2002 at 1.7 million, a higher incidence than any notifiable disease. With a case mortality of nearly 6 percent, HAIs are also among ...
(DOCX 26 kb) Abbreviations AIDS: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; ATS/IDSA: American thoracic society and infectious disease society of America; CDC: Center for disease control and prevention; COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; MAC: M. avium complex; NNDSS: National notifiable disease ...
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Editors' note: This article is part of a regular series on emerging infections from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the EMERGEncy ID NET, an ED-based and CDC-collaborative surveillance network. Important public health information on infectious disease with relevance to emer...
Integrating a Statewide Immunization Registry with a Communicable Disease Reporting System Case Study: West VirginiaRobert FernattMike Garcia
The CDC continued to press for cases of HIV to be reported by name to health departments, an effort that assumed the dimensions of a campaign. It was supported by a growing number of public health officials. By October 1998, the opposition to name-based reporting had weakened: 32 states ...