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| The Oregon Alliance Working for Antibiotic Resistance Education (AWARE) is a statewide coalition that promotes the appropriate use of antibiotics. |
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Oregon AWARE encourages the appropriate use of antibiotics in our communities and aims to reduce the problem of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in Oregon.
Our Goals
1)To raise public awareness about the importance of using antibiotics wisely
2)To encourage appropriate prescribing by Oregon's physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners
3)To enlist the aid of community-based organizations to reduce the unnecessary use of antibiotics and promote self-care for viral illnesses.
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Annual Performance Measures
The AWARE program is part of the Acute and Communicable Disease Prevention Program (ACDP) in the Office of Disease Prevention and Epidemiology. We are located in the Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS). Health Services performance measures are included in the DHS Annual Performance Report.
Many of our activities are directed and funded by grants from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which requires regular progress reports for continued funding.
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Click on the link in the list below to go to each section's home page, or scroll down to read more.
- Bioterrorism preparedness and response: works to increase disease surveillance, detection, and outbreak investigation capacity through improved protocols, communications networks and staff training in epidemiology
- CD Summary: the Office of Disease Prevention and Epidemiology's bi-weekly newsletter
- Infectious waste: infectious waste treatment and approval of alternative methods
- Emerging Infections Program (EIP): these programs conduct surveillance for diseases of current public health concern, and newly emerging infections which may pose a future threat. They also develop systems for rapid electronic reporting of diseases and outbreaks
- Active Bacterial Core Surveillance (ABCs): Groups A and B Streptococcus, meningococcal disease, Haemophilus influenzae, pneumococcal disease, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
- Oregon AWARE antibiotic resistance education: educating professionals and the public on proper antibiotic use
- ELR Messaging System: allows transfer of disease reporting messages between labs, hospitals and the state and local health departments
- eSentinel: secure web-based disease reporting for infection-control practitioners and ICU managers
- FoodNet: foodborne and antimicrobial-resistant pathogen surveillance: (Campylobacter, Cyclospora, E. coli O157, enteric adenovirus, HUS, Listeria, norovirus, rotavirus, Salmonella, Shigella, Vibrio, Yersinia)
- Influenza and influenza-like-illness surveillance: tracks influenza and pediatric influenza in Oregon
- Med-X: electronic medical examiner data surveillance for deaths of public health concern
- National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS): tests Salmonella, Shigella, E. coli O157, Listeria, Vibio and Campylobacter for antimicrobial susceptibility
- National Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS): building infrastructure for a national public health information network
- PulseNet: PFGE culture typing
- Statewide viral hepatitis planning: develops and executes plans for the prevention, education and management of Hepatitis C
- Unexpected illness and death surveillance: works with clicians and hospitals through the eSentinel reporting network and with medical examiners through the Med-X network to detect emerging infectious diseases
- West Nile virus/Arbovirus Surveillance: surveillance and education
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