Rapid response to a conjunctivitis outbreak: the use of technology to leverage information.

When an outbreak of conjunctivitis was identified at a rural New England college early in 2002, the college health center medical staff used various information management and communication systems to alert the community to the situation. They called upon the state Department of Human Services and t...

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Publicado en:Journal of American College Health Vol. 50; no. 6; pp. 267 - 272
Autores principales: Pryor JH, Martin MT, Whitney CG, Turco JH, Baumgartner YY, Zegans ME
Formato: research Journal Article
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd May2002
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          Martin MT
          Whitney CG
          Turco JH
          Baumgartner YY
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        affil: Director of Undergraduate Evaluation and Research, Dartmouth College, NH
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          Conjunctivitis Epidemiology
          Disease Outbreaks New England
          Colleges and Universities New England
          School Health Services
          Students, College
          Epidemiological Research
          Questionnaires
          Surveys
          New England
          Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
          United States
          Data Collection
          World Wide Web Utilization
          Software
          Random Sample
          Descriptive Statistics
          Human
      ab: When an outbreak of conjunctivitis was identified at a rural New England college early in 2002, the college health center medical staff used various information management and communication systems to alert the community to the situation. They called upon the state Department of Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help them understand and manage the outbreak. Technological systems already in place at the college allowed for rapid collection of data by means of a survey delivered over the Internet and a carriage study facilitated by a Web-based appointment and communication system. Within days, the data were collected and analyzed and an immediate response to contain the outbreak was launched.
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