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Chemical Spill in Kansas: Importance of Sharing Information Across Sites
Content Type: Success Stories
On October 21, 2016, at 8:02 am, a distilling plant in Kansas accidentally mixed sulfuric acid and sodium hypochloride, releasing a plume of chlorine gas. The respiratory effects of breathing chlorine gas can be felt almost immediately and can be… read more -
Mapping Tool between two code sets: ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM/PCS
Content Type: Webinar
Join ISDS on June 3rd for an instructional webinar on ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM/PCS mapping tools, including the newly released MapIt tool. This tool, which was developed by AHRQ and CDC, is an automated mapping tool that utilizes General Equivalence… read more -
Economic assessment of zoonoses surveillance in a One Health context
Content Type: Webinar
While enhanced collaboration and sharing of surveillance information between the animal and the public health sectors is increasingly recognized as key to improved public health outcomes, evidence on the added value of an integrated approach to… read more -
Information for Action: Integrating syndromic surveillance into public health in England using heatwave surveillance as an example
Content Type: Webinar
In this webinar, the syndromic surveillance service delivered by Public Health England will be discussed. The presentation will describe the national syndromic surveillance systems used in England (general practitioners, emergency departments,… read more -
BioSense Platform Admin Tool Requirements Discussion
Content Type: Webinar
The BioSense Platform features a tool giving site administrators control over how their data are shared. Thanks to a workgroup the BioSense Governance Group convened last year, CDC now has a good idea of what data-sharing capabilities users want in… read more -
Bayesian Surveillance for the Detection of Small Area Health Anomalies
Content Type: Webinar
The surveillance task when faced with small area health data is more complex than in the time domain alone. Both changes in time and space must be considered. Such questions as ‘where will the infection spread to next?’ and, ‘when will the infection… read more -
BioSense 2.0 Webinar: Data Flow
Content Type: Webinar
Presenters Mike Alletto and Nabarun Dasgupta will describe the process of how data are received, processed and brought forward to the front-end application in BioSense v2.0. Their presentation will include a technical overview of all of the steps… read more -
The Big Picture: Using Antibiotic Use and Surveillance Data to Better Inform Stewardship in Healthcare Settings
Content Type: Webinar
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that antibiotic-resistant infections affect 2 million people and cause 23,000 deaths annually in the United States. It is well documented that the primary driver of antibiotic resistance… read more