CSTE Disaster Epidemiology Subcommittee

New Syndromic Surveillance Definitions

There have been 3 new syndrome definitions added to the NSSP Community of Practice’s Knowledge Repository Syndrome Definition Library – links and background information have been included below.

Medication Refill vs – CDC 
  • Intended use: monitoring visits for Rx refills, useful for post-disaster surveillance efforts and identifying medical needs of affected communities
Legionella v1 – CDC 
  • Intended use: capturing potential visits related to Legionella, useful to identify potential cases for follow-up, conduct S/A and monitoring of outbreaks, and perform retrospective trend monitoring across geographic regions
Pregnancy and Pregnancy Loss and Delivery v1 – CDC 
  • Intended use: identifying pregnancy, delivery, and pregnancy loss visits.