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ACE (Assessment of Chemical Exposures) Your Partner in Chemical Incident Response

ACE (Assessment of Chemical Exposures) Your Partner in Chemical Incident Response. Mary Anne Duncan, DVM, MPH. Surveillance and Registries Branch National Toxic Substance Incidents Program (NTSIP) Webinar Series November 1, 2010. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

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ACE (Assessment of Chemical Exposures) Your Partner in Chemical Incident Response

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  1. ACE(Assessment of Chemical Exposures)Your Partner in Chemical Incident Response Mary Anne Duncan, DVM, MPH Surveillance and Registries Branch National Toxic Substance Incidents Program (NTSIP) Webinar Series November 1, 2010 Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Division of Health Studies

  2. Getting started • Conference Room Features • Feedback button • Q&A • Downloads • Transcription • Please don’t put us on hold!

  3. NTSIP • More complete view of toxic substance incidents in the U.S. • 3 main components • National database • State surveillance • ACE – Assessment of Chemical Exposures

  4. ACE Activating ACE assistance • State requests assistance • 100+ people exposed • Levels high enough for acute health effects

  5. Why investigate?

  6. ACE • State is the lead • Work as a team • EPI-AID Rachel Roisman (California Department of Health) discusses surveys with Ekta Choudhary (ACE Team Member).

  7. ACE • Geographic Information System (GIS) Resources • Data • Collection • Management • Analysis

  8. GIS Maps

  9. GIS Maps

  10. Data Collection • Questionnaires • Sample collection

  11. Data Collection Questionnaires • RRR • Surveys – adults, children, pets • Medical records • Odor log

  12. Data Collection • Biological sampling • Types of testing suitable for this incident • Sample collection supplies • Environmental Testing • Usually done before ACE team arrives • ATSDR may facilitate

  13. Data Management • Outbreak Management System • Many states already use • Ready to use - now • Quickly generate summary reports • Can export to SAS or Excel

  14. Analysis • Laboratory Support • Technical support • Epidemiology • Toxicology • Industrial Hygiene • GIS • Modeling Medical Toxicologist Rizwan Rivaz (ACE Team Member) reviews data gathered from the incident

  15. Reporting EPI –AID Trip Report Manuscripts Alerts

  16. Requesting ACE Response Teams 404-567-3256 – ACE Program ATSDRACE@cdc.gov 770-488-7100 – 24/7 Emergency Operations For more information on ACE and NTSIP, visit http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/ntsip/ Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Division of Health Studies

  17. Follow-up Question 1 See speakers notes attached to slide presentation

  18. Follow-up Question 2 See speakers notes attached to slide presentation

  19. Follow-up Question 3 See speakers notes attached to slide presentation

  20. Follow-up Question 4 See speakers notes attached to slide presentation

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