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16 Cards in this Set
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Which instruction does NMCPHC-TM 6220.12 correspond to?
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BUMEDINST 6220.12C Medical Surveillance and Medical Event Reporting
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Define Reportable Medical Events
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events or conditions that may pose an inherent, significant threat to public health and military operations
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What authorities determine which diseases warrant reporting and notification?
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Centers for Disease Control and Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
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Where can the duties and responsibilities of Navy medical personnel relating to surveillance and event reporting be found?
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MANMED Chapter 2 and 22
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Who is responsible for reporting medical events that are considered reportable cases
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The healthcare provider who diagnosed or identified the case
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When does a diagnosis, case, or medical-event become reportable?
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Once it has been classified as "suspected", "probable", or "confirmed"
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Where can a list of cases that are either suspect or probable that require reporting be found?
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Appendix A of the NMCPHC-TM-PM-6220
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What are the two types of reporting deadlines?
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Urgent or routine
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What is the criteria for urgent reporting?
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Events listed in Appendix B require urgent, and must be submit no later than 24 hours after the diagnosis is made.
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When are routine reports for all non-urgent events due?
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No later than 30 days after their identification
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What is the US Navy's official system to capture, store, and communicate information related to RMEs?
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The Disease Reporting System internet (DRSi)
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If internet connectivity is unavailable, what methods can be used to report urgent events?
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Phone, priority naval message, or properly encrypted e-mail especially if it's unlikely that sufficient connectivity will be reestablished before the 24 hour report deadline has passed
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Where can basic information to include in a MER, for alternative submissions methods, be found?
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Appendix C
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What security classification are MERs?
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Generally "Unclassified" unless otherwise classified by an officer with appropriate authority |
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When a report is submitted for suspected or probable, what must be done after reporting?
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efforts must be made to confirm/rule out the diagnosis. the reporter should update the DRSi once this has been done
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Urgent Reports
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Amebiasis, anthrax, Biowarfare agents, botulism, cholera, dengue fever, e.coli 0157:H7, arboviral encephalitis, hantavirus, hemorrhagic fever, legionellosis, malaria, measles, meningococcal, outbreaks or disease clusters, pertussis, plague, q fever, rabies, smallpox, tubercuolsis, tularemia, thyphoid/typhus/yellow fever are examples of
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