The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
Two Joint PulseNet/OutbreakNet Regional Meetings will be held in 2019: West Coast: February 5-7, 2019 in San Diego, CA Central: March...
Nov 20, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Attend the 2019 Joint PulseNet/OutbreakNet East Coast Regional Meeting to be held on January 15-17, 2019 in Tampa, FL. This meeting...
Oct 16, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
National Public Radio published an article on why there may be a perceived increase in foodborne illness outbreaks. According to the...
Oct 01, 2018 | Amy Chang
The International Federation of Environmental Health declared September 26th as World Environmental Health Day. The theme for 2018 is...
Sep 26, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released two video testimonials to educate retail and foodservice employees on the...
Sep 19, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response (CIFOR) created two short videos about the council’s history and free online...
Sep 18, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The CIFOR Guidelines for Foodborne Illness Complaint Systems were developed to address a gap in the Second Edition of the CIFOR...
Aug 06, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a study on “Surveillance for Foodborne Disease Outbreaks — United...
On May 30, 2018, NACCHO hosted a webinar exploring national guidance and local experiences on Legionella. Legionnaires’ disease is a...
Jun 07, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Two Joint PulseNet/OutbreakNet Regional Meetings will be held in 2019: West Coast: February 5-7, 2019 in San Diego, CA Central: March 6-8, 2019 in Omaha, NE The meetings will bring together laboratorians, epidemiologists and environmental health specialists involved with foodborne and enteric disease outbreak response. Issues discussed will include surveillance and outbreak detection of enteric...
Attend the 2019 Joint PulseNet/OutbreakNet East Coast Regional Meeting to be held on January 15-17, 2019 in Tampa, FL. This meeting will bring together laboratorians, epidemiologists and environmental health specialists involved with foodborne and enteric disease outbreak response. Issues discussed will include surveillance and outbreak detection of enteric diseases. Combined and...
National Public Radio published an article on why there may be a perceived increase in foodborne illness outbreaks. According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the increase may be due to the improved ability to identify outbreaks due to new information technologies and laboratory techniques. In addition, the public is hearing about product recalls […]
The International Federation of Environmental Health declared September 26th as World Environmental Health Day. The theme for 2018 is Global Food Safety and Sustainability. Read more about the theme here. NACCHO has a strong commitment to food safety. NACCHO’s food safety program supports local health departments by assessing the needs of their food safety programs, supporting […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released two video testimonials to educate retail and foodservice employees on the potentially life-threatening consequences of poor food safety practices. Both videos are under 10 minutes long and feature the stories of people severely affected by preventable foodborne illness. In one of the videos, a woman ate food contaminated […]
The Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response (CIFOR) created two short videos about the council’s history and free online resources. Please view and share these videos with your partners and colleagues: Overview of the Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response (CIFOR) CIFOR Products and Resources for Foodborne Outbreak Response
The CIFOR Guidelines for Foodborne Illness Complaint Systems were developed to address a gap in the Second Edition of the CIFOR Guidelines for Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response regarding the use of foodborne illness complaint systems to detect foodborne disease outbreaks, and are intended to be included for review and incorporation in the Third Edition of the CIFOR Guidelines for […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a study on “Surveillance for Foodborne Disease Outbreaks — United States, 2009–2015” in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The Foodborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System (FDOSS) collects data on foodborne disease outbreaks, which are defined as the occurrence of two or more cases of a similar […]
On May 30, 2018, NACCHO hosted a webinar exploring national guidance and local experiences on Legionella. Legionnaires’ disease is a respiratory disease caused by Legionella bacteria, which can be found in the water systems of large buildings. In 2016, there were an estimated 6,100 cases of Legionnaires’ disease in the United States. During the webinar, […]
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