Past Updates from the Clinician Registry Listserv

Update Sent April 10, 2006

NOTE: This document is provided for historical purposes only and may not provide our most accurate and up-to-date information. The most current Clinician's information can be found on the Clinician Home Page.

UPDATES TO INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE
The following updates were made to CDC information and guidance from March 27-April 3, 2006, or reflect current events. If you have any questions on these or other clinical issues, please write to us at coca@cdc.gov.

COCA Conference Call: Crisis & Emergency Risk Communication

Please join us for our next COCA conference call!

Title: Crisis & Emergency Risk Communication
Speaker: Barbara Reynolds
Date: May 2, 2006
Time: 1:00 p.m. ET

Dial-in Number: (800) 369-1619
Passcode: Risk Communication

Objectives:

Understand the accepted definitions of emergency risk and crisis communication concepts and their applicability to pandemic influenza
Explore the communication needs of the general public and stakeholders during a public health emergency
Describe the emotional range expected by persons involved in chaotic life events
Examine the psychology of a public health emergency and what messages the public will need from their health professionals

Barbara has been with CDC since 1991. Her communication expertise has been used in the planning or response to pandemic influenza, vaccine safety, emerging disease outbreaks, and bioterrorism. Internationally, she has acted as a crisis communication consultant on health issues for France, Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, former Soviet Union nations, NATO, and the World Health Organization. Barbara is the author of the 2002 book, Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication and CDC's Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication course, which is now taught in universities and other settings nationwide and internationally. In 2004, she launched a version of the Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication course for leaders.

Slides for this presentation will be available soon from the following link: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/coca/callinfo.asp

Avian Influenza

Avian Influenza Update: Egypt -
On April 3, 2006, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that avian influenza A (H5N1) virus infection had been confirmed in four patients in Egypt. Two of the patients died and two patients fully recovered and have now been discharged from the hospital. A fifth patient, previously announced by the Ministry of Health, remains hospitalized. External diagnostic confirmation of this patient, an 18-year-old girl from the Kafr El-Sheikh governorate, is pending.
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/latestupdate.htm

Single Minimum Internal Temperature Established For Cooked Poultry -
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) advises consumers that cooking raw poultry to a minimum internal temperature of 165°F will eliminate pathogens and viruses.
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/NR_040506_01/index.asp. Please go to the following link for more information: http://www.foodsafety.gov/~dms/avfluqa.html.

Questions and Answers About Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) and Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus -
Provides updated avian influenza and avian influenza A (H5N1) sections.
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/gen-info/qa.htm

Avian Influenza: Current Situation -
Since February 1, 2006, the first cases of H5N1 or H5 infections in poultry or wild birds have been reported in the following countries: Iraq (H5), Nigeria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Slovenia, Iran, Austria, Germany, Egypt, India, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovak Republic, Switzerland, Niger, Hungary, Serbia and Montenegro, Pakistan (H5), Albania, Poland, Georgia, Cameroon, Myanmar (Burma), Sweden, Denmark, Israel, Afghanistan, Jordan, Czech Republic, and the United Kingdom.
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/outbreaks/current.htm

Seasonal Influenza

Flu Activity -
During week 13 (March 26 – April 1, 2006), influenza activity decreased in the United States. Four hundred sixty-four specimens (16.6%) tested by U.S. World Health Organization (WHO) and National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System (NREVSS) collaborating laboratories were positive for influenza. The proportion of patient visits to sentinel providers for influenza-like illness (ILI) was above the national baseline. The proportion of deaths attributed to pneumonia and influenza was below the baseline level. Thirteen states reported widespread influenza activity; 14 states reported regional influenza activity; 12 states, New York City, and the District of Columbia reported local influenza activity; 10 states and Puerto Rico reported sporadic influenza activity; and one state reported no activity.
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/

Flu Activity Reports & Surveillance -
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/fluactivity.htm

Radiation

An Evaluation of Hospital Radiation Detectors for Use in Screening Potentially Contaminated Individuals - April 3 (PDF File)
Suggestions for using gamma cameras or thyroid scanners to assess internal contamination.
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/pdf/hospitalinstruments.pdf

World Trade Center Registry Surveillance

Surveillance for World Trade Center Disaster Health Effects Among Survivors of Collapsed and Damaged Buildings - April 7
This MMWR report summarizes data from health outcomes collected during interviews conducted from September 5, 2003, to the close of the World Trade Center Health Registry (WTCHR) enrollment on November 20, 2004.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5502a1.htm

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Page last updated April 10, 2006
Content source: CDC Emergency Communication System (ECS), Division of Health Communication and Marketing (DHCM), National Center for Health Marketing (NCHM)