REPORTING
What is the basic epidemiological report format in NATO
EPINATO 2
Describe epidemic curve of one point source infection?
Gausse curve
What is an outbreak?
Higher number of cases than expected.
What is the definition of health surveillance?
Ongoing and systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health related data essential to planning.
What is the frequency of EPINATO 2?
Weekly
How does the EPI Curve of a continuous source infection look like?
Draw EPI curve
What are the objectives of an outbreak investigation?
Stop present outbreak and prevent next one.
Clinical case definition must include a balance between ________and _________?
Specificity and Sensitivity
Do we count only the first medical consultation in EPINATO2?
NO
What information is required to draw the EPICURVE?
Case Definition
Number of Cases
Time
What are the two stages of an outbreak investigation?
Descriptive and Analytic
What is the surveillance cycle?
Collect
Analyze
Interpret
Disseminate
ACT
What type of surveillance is EPINATO 2?
Passive surveillance
What is the required information for a case definition?
Place
Time
Symptoms / Diagnosis
What are the steps of the Descriptive stage?
Confirm outbreak
Confirm diagnosis
Case definition
Active case finding
Describe data
What are the 2 types of surveillance groups?
Disease and Syndromic
What are the advantages and disadvantages of EPINATO 2?
Advantages: shows trends, summary report to MedAD
Disadvantage: time lag, quality of data
Why is it important to draw the EPI CURVE during an outbreak?
It shows trends in the outbreak and helps to identify the cause.
What are the steps of the analytic stage?
Develop hypothesis
Confirm hypothesis
Synthesis of results with hypothesis and results
Countermeasures
Report and communincation
Where can the definition of health surveillance be found?
AMed P 4.1/ STANAG 2535
Deployment Health Surveillance