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Accomplishments • Released the “Best Practices for Surveillance of Antimicrobial
Resistance via Electronic Laboratory Reporting (ELR)” guidance
document, which summarizes experiences with receiving and
processing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) ELR
Trainings & Resources
from laboratories and recommended related best practices for
• Released the 2017 Epidemiology Capacity Assessment report working with laboratories and CRE ELR messages.
describing the function and number of epidemiologists in state • Released the Zika Virus Preparedness Resources Toolkit and
health departments. online repository to enhance public health professionals’ capacity
• Trained 74 individuals across 15 health departments on public to develop and implement evidence-based prevention and
health informatics using a team- and project-based approach control strategies for Zika and other mosquito-borne diseases.
through the Applied Informatics Team Training (AITT) program. • Reviewed and revised the CSTE Climate & Health Indicators using
• Promoted professional development among applied information gathered in previous pilot studies, feedback from
epidemiologists on topics of public health informatics, evaluation, members, and research of available data sources.
grant writing, data analysis and scientific writing through webinars • Developed new CSTE Climate & Health Indicators to address
and trainings. emerging climate and health concerns.
• Provided virtual trainings to 27 jurisdictions on how to author • Released a guidance document from the Occupational Health
reporting specifications in the Reportable Conditions Knowledge (OH) Surveillance Subcommittee to provide states with
Management System (RCKMS) Authoring Interface. implementation strategies for OH integration into other areas of
• Provided SAS e-Learning courses to 15 HIV surveillance staff across public health.
various jurisdictions to build epidemiologic capacity. • Updated the CSTE Surveillance Indicators for Substance Abuse
and Mental Health to Version 2 with feedback from pilots
conducted in 2017. Piloted the updated version with 10 states
and five counties in Spring 2018.
• Published the article “Prevalence of Gabapentin in Drug
Overdose Postmortem Toxicology Testing Results,” co-authored
by members of the CSTE Overdose Subcommittee, in the journal
Drug and Alcohol Dependence.
• Released the Syphilis Outbreak Detection document to give STD
programs a framework for understanding their epidemiology,
determining if and when an outbreak might be occurring, and
determining when additional resources and activities could be
CSTE staff and representatives attend CDC’s pandemic flu meeting
needed to prevent further transmission of disease.

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