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Accomplishments Outbreak Response, 3 Ed. in May 2020, as well as the release of
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the Food Safety Programs Reference Guide in October 2019. The
latter is a compilation of current governmental food safety efforts
aimed at detecting, investigating, controlling, or preventing
Trainings & Resources
foodborne disease in the U.S.
• Revised CSTE Climate & Health Indicators to address emerging • Released a toolkit for enhanced gonorrhea surveillance in
climate and health concerns. January 2020, with the goal of improving the epidemiological
• Released a guidance document for implementing cold-related capacity of jurisdictions in conducting enhanced gonorrhea
illness syndromic surveillance into public health practice. surveillance.
• Developed a protocol and data collection guidance document to
standardize health department reporting of infectious persons with
recent travel to CDC’s Quarantine Stations.
• Provided SAS e-Learning courses to 37 HIV surveillance staff across
various jurisdictions to build epidemiologic capacity.
• Developed the STD Capacity Framework Guidance to provide
state and local STD surveillance programs documentation of the
foundational and enhanced activities critical for STD surveillance
and identify resources and technical assistance materials.
• In collaboration with the CDC Office of Advanced Molecular
Detection, supported the launch of the Advanced Molecular
Detection Academy for Epidemiologists. Approximately 136 state CIFOR Meeting in Omaha, NE (Nov. 2018)
and local epidemiologists attended two 2-day trainings to learn
the basics of microbial genomics, next-generation sequencing, and • Conducted the 2018 State Reportable Conditions Assessment
bioinformations for case investigations. (SRCA) to collect information on what conditions are reportable
• Developed the Drug Diversion Planning and Response Toolkit for in states, territories and other large jurisdictions, and who is
State and Local Health Departments to provide guidance for state required to report them.
and local HAI programs during response to drug diversion events. • Released the Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Taskforce
• Released a waterborne outbreak response training modeled after (ARSTF) Year 2 and 3 reports and recommendations for
the Epi-Ready Team Training for foodborne outbreak response in antimicrobial resistance surveillance in the United States.
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Spring 2020. • Released the CSTE ICD-10-CM Injury Surveillance Toolkit,
• Supported CIFOR’s release of Guidelines for Foodborne Disease Guidance and Methods for Applied Injury Epidemiologists.

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