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Div. of Media Relations
1600 Clifton Road
MS D-14
Atlanta, GA 30333
(404) 639-3286
Fax (404) 639-7394 |
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December 21, 1999
Contact: CDC, Division of Media Relations
(404) 639–3286
Fact Sheet: Monitoring Public Health and Internal
Systems During the Millennium Roll-Over Period December 1999-January 2000
- CDC staff will be on duty through the New Year's weekend to ensure
our systems operate normally. During the weekend, CDC will conduct a
preliminary assessment of its mission critical systems, information
technology infrastructure, and buildings and facilities. This
preliminary testing and analysis will include a thorough check of the
high containment laboratories to ensure our rigorous safety and
security standards are maintained during the transition and continue
to operate normally. CDC will continue to monitor systems for Y2K
effects through the early part of the Year 2000.
- CDC is also monitoring the Nation's public health infrastructure
through State and Territorial Health Departments to ensure that all
essential public health functions such as disease monitoring and
outbreak detection programs continue to operate effectively and
timely.
- CDC will pass key information to the HHS Coordination Center on a
continuing basis and in turn, the President's Council for Year 2000
Conversion Information Coordination Center (ICC) which will provide a
national assessment of the Y2K rollover. All information about the
status of CDC and other Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
agencies can be found at the HHS website or at the President's Council
for Y2K Conversion website. While CDC expects to have some preliminary
information on January 1st, many reports will not be available until
the workweek begins or later in the week.
- CDC's primary high impact federal program is public health disease
surveillance and outbreak detection. Infectious disease surveillance
is conducted in partnership with State and Territorial health agencies
and various healthcare providers. CDC will be testing these systems
during the millennium weekend in concert with public health partners.
The three most time-sensitive public health disease surveillance
systems are:
- Public Health Laboratory Information System is an electronic
system for reporting laboratory testing results of certain
infectious diseases to the CDC. This system provides surveillance
of certain diseases and helps to detect unusual clusters of
disease. It is used all 50 state health departments, New York
City, the District of Columbia, and Guam.
- PulseNet, National Molecular Subtyping Network for Foodborne
Disease Surveillance, is used for rapid comparison of DNA patterns
(pulsed-field gel electrophoresis) of pathogens for outbreak
detection. It is used by State public health laboratories, the
Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA).
- Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System is used to electronically
collect adverse reaction to immunizations data from healthcare
providers. It is used by healthcare providers, state public health
agencies, and FDA.
- To check the national status of Y2K conversion
- http://www.y2K.gov
- To check the status of Y2K conversion for DHHS agencies
- http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/1999pres/991215.html
- CDC/ATSDR Y2K Plans and Historical Information
- http://www.cdc.gov/y2k/y2khome.htm
- For updates on CDC/ATSDR Y2K transition
- http://www.cdc.gov/media/
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