PPT-Hepatitis A Outbreak Environmental Health

Resources Recommendations and Special Considerations SummerFall 2018 PurposeTo Provide Environmentalists General information about Hepatitis A Virus HAV Overview of contact investigation done by EpidemiologistCommunicable Disease. Most people with Hepatitis C dont know they are infected Baby boomers are 57375ve times more likely to have Hepatitis C Liver disease liver cancer and deaths from Hepatitis C are on the rise The longer people live with Hepatitis C the more likely LCDR Sherry Hayes. Environmental Health Officer. NEPMU5. 619-556-5920. Total Crew exposed. : approx. 102 (99% vaccinated). Case definition. : cough, nasal congestion, chills, body aches, fever 100.5 or higher. Matthew Cartter, MD, MPH. Connecticut Department of Public Health. August 24, 2016. Why investigate outbreaks?. To . take immediate action to protect . people. To . learn how to prevent similar occurrences . Please help yourself to breakfast. Please sign-in on the attendance sheet. Please find your seat (names listed on table tents). Applied Outbreak Investigation. Presented by. [Names and agencies]. [Date and location]. Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center. U.S. Army Public Health Command. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine. Presented on 27 March 2012 . by . Asha. . Riegodedios. , Staff Epidemiologist, NMCPHC. Christopher Whitty. Gresham College. December 2014. Dedicated to the local, UK and international staff battling the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone.. So far over 100 healthcare workers have died in Sierra Leone, and over 600 have caught Ebola and over 340 died in the wider region. : inflammation of liver; presence of inflammatory cells in organ tissue. . Pathogenesis: Immune response.. Acute Viral Hepatitis. : symptoms last less than 6 months. Chronic Hepatitis. : Inflammation of liver for at least 6 months. Condition. National Notification Criteria*. Print Criteria†. Hepatitis. . A. Confirmed. Confirmed. Acute . hepatitis. . B. Confirmed. Confirmed. Chronic . hepatitis. . B. Confirmed. . and. . probable. Kerrigan McCarthy. Consultant Pathologist. National Institute for Communicable Diseases. 25 June 2020. Source:. Will be on the NICD website from 26 June 2020 in the COVID-19 section. COVID-19 outbreaks in health care facilities . HCV TESTING – SCREENINGTesting should be initiated with an assay for serum antibody to HCV (anti-HCV). For those with reactive test results, the anti-HCV test should be followed by a con٠ The only way to know if you have Hepatitis B is to get tested. What is Hepatitis B?Hepatitis B can be a serious liver disease that results from infection with the Hepatitis B virus. Acute Hepatitis In Indiana, the 10-year trend of hepatitis A decreased from 329 cases in 1997 to 33 cases in 2006. Many cases have unknown exposures, while some reported traveling internationally. In A in an element NBS. . ID. NBS. . Label. Description. Coding. for. . T. ransmissio. n. . to. . NNDSS. INV150. OUTBREAK. Outbreak-. associated. Indicates . whether . the case-report . was. . associated. . with. What is Hepatitis B?. Hepatitis B a viral infection.. It attacks the liver and can cause both chronic and acute disease.. It is caused by a virus that's spread through blood and body fluids.. It is spread through contact with blood or other body...