Monitoring and Surveillance Tools

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	European Food Safety Authority	EFSA Scientific Report on the BSE Surveillance Model (BSurvE) Established by the Community Reference Laboratory for TSE Report that assesses the Community Reference Laboratory's BSE surveillance model BSurvE. Publication Date: Wednesday, October 27, 2004	Oct 29, 2004
	Division of Public Health Surveillance and Informatics, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Epi Info This site provides free access to Epi Info software. Epi Info and Epi Map are software packages designed for public health practitioners and researchers. They include capabilities in form and database construction, data entry, and analysis with epidemiologic statistics, maps, and graphs. (more)	Jul 19, 2002
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Farm Investigation Questionnaire Questionnaire for use on investigations of farms with regard to outbreaks and the presence of foodborne pathogens in food products. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, April 6, 2000	Aug 31, 2001
	Global Salm-Surv, World Health Organization	Global Salm-Surv Global Salm-Surv Country databank on Salmonella serotypes. Deadline: Tuesday, December 13, 2005	Dec 13, 2005
	Foodborne Outbreak Response and Surveillance Unit, Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Guide to Confirming the Diagnosis in Foodborne Diseases Table giving etiologic agent, incubation period, clinical syndrome, and confirmation techniques for foodborne illnesses.	Jul 19, 2002
	Foodborne Outbreak Response and Surveillance Unit, Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Guidelines for Specimen Collection Instructions for collecting stool specimens for bacterial, parasitic, and viral illnesses, including when to collect, how much to collect, method for collection, storage of specimens after collection, and transportation. (more)	Jul 19, 2002
	Center for Emerging Issues, Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health, Veterinary Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Impact Worksheets These worksheets provide summaries of disease events, including the affected country's livestock production and trade, livestock products likely to be affected, and risk factors for the U.S. (more)	Jan 24, 2003
	Office of Public Health and Science, Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	Microbiological Results of Raw Ground Beef Products Analyzed for Escherichia coli O157:H7 Calendar Year 2003 Information on each sample found positive for E. coli O157:H7 in the FSIS microbiological testing program. For each positive sample, the sample source, collection date, state where collected, product status (held or recalled), and statistics on number of positives and number of samples analyzed at that time is given. Data is available back to 1994. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, April 12, 2006	Aug 7, 2002
	Outbreak Coordination and Investigation Workgroup, National Food Safety System Project, Division of Federal-State Relations, Office of Regional Operations, Office of Regulatory Affairs, Food and Drug Administration	Multistate Foodborne Outbreak Investigations: Guidelines for Improving Coordination and Communication This document provides guidelines for local, state, and federal agencies to effectively respond to multistate foodborne outbreaks. It addresses surveillance, illness investigation, and product investigation techniques that are applicable to microbial, microbial toxin, toxic chemical, pesticides, and foreign object hazards. Appendices include a directory of federal emergency contacts, a directory of FSIS (USDA) District Offices, a directory of FDA District Offices, a Foodborne/Waterborne Outbreak Early Alert Fax/Email Template, a checklist for communicating findings, a description of the roles and responsibilities of federal agencies in foodborne outbreak investigations, and more. (more) Publication Month: February 2001	Aug 7, 2002
	Scientific Steering Committee, Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, European Commission	Opinion on Requirements for Statistically Authoritative BSE/TSE Surveys This opinion and supporting report discuss the requirements for statistical surveys to be used for classifying the BSE status of a country. (more) Publication Date: Friday, November 30, 2001	Aug 2, 2002

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