Transcript The Grand Unifying Theory of Poisoning/Overdose Surveillance A

The Grand Unifying Theory of
Poisoning/Overdose Surveillance
A Collaborative Effort
June 6, 2013
Background & History
Brief Background/History
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Safe States Poisoning Workgroup- 2008
Safe States formation of ISW7 group-2009
Publication of ISW7- May 2012
CDC/Safe States/CSTE conferences 2012
CSTE Drug Overdose- Denise Paone
– Willing and wanting to test ISW7 indicators
– Providing organizational home for effort
• SQI Year 2 focus on poisoning
Timeline 2012-2013
Timeline- CSTE DO
• August- Organizational Call
– Creation of Poisoning Surveillance Workgroup
• Fall 2012- Creation of tables shells and Levels I-IV
(basic to complex) for mortality
• Winter- submission of data by volunteer states and
proposal to present data
• Spring- Data results & write up of methods and
process for Special Emphasis Report (SQI)
• Spring- April CDC mtg on poisoning for Core states
public health
surveillance poisoning system
Next Steps
You've got to be very careful if you don't
know where you are going, because you
might not get there.
Yogi Berra
If you don’t know where you are going,
any road can get you there
Lewis Carroll
Next Steps
• June- Presentations (Safe States & CSTE)
• July- development of Special Emphasis
Report and pilot testing
• Transition from mortality to morbidity (SQI
protocol)
• Additional testing of codes, development of
potential indicators and position statements
Preguntas?
Scott Proescholdbell, MPH
Injury and Violence Prevention Branch
Chronic Disease and Injury Section
NC Division of Public Health
919-707-5442
www.injuryfreenc.ncdhhs.gov