Toolkit for Epidemiologic Response to an Acute Chemical Release

When a large chemical incident occurs and people are injured, public health agencies need to be able to provide guidance and respond to questions from the public, the media, and public officials. Because of this urgent need for information to support appropriate public health action, the Agency for...

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Published inDisaster medicine and public health preparedness Vol. 10; no. 4; pp. 631 - 632
Main Authors Duncan, Mary Anne, Orr, Maureen F.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.08.2016
Subjects
Chemical Hazard Release - trends
Chemical spills
Disease control
Emergency preparedness
Family medical history
Hazardous materials
Humans
Internet - instrumentation
Planning
Public health
Responder Tools
Risk Assessment - methods
United States
United States Dept. of Health and Human Services - organization & administration
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Atlanta Georgia
United States > US
toolkit
chemical spill
epidemiologic response
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Summary:When a large chemical incident occurs and people are injured, public health agencies need to be able to provide guidance and respond to questions from the public, the media, and public officials. Because of this urgent need for information to support appropriate public health action, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) of the US Department of Health and Human Services has developed the Assessment of Chemical Exposures (ACE) Toolkit. The ACE Toolkit, available on the ATSDR website, offers materials including surveys, consent forms, databases, and training materials that state and local health personnel can use to rapidly conduct an epidemiologic investigation after a large-scale acute chemical release. All materials are readily adaptable to the many different chemical incident scenarios that may occur and the data needs of the responding agency. An expert ACE team is available to provide technical assistance on site or remotely. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2016;10:631–632)
ISSN:1935-7893
1938-744X
DOI:10.1017/dmp.2015.187