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AIRA Bioterrorism Committee Is Interacting with CDC
The AIRA Bioterrorism Committee has held several conference calls to date and has provided very concrete and timely feedback to CDC in several areas pertinent to registries. Most critical was a CDC conference call on March 20, 2003, that included several AIRA Bioterrorism Committee members. During the call, revisions needed on the current CDC smallpox forms were discussed, and our feedback was seen as key since we are the ones that ensure the quality of data going from the CDC forms into PVS or our own registry systems. CDC has since drafted some major revisions and hopes to get them to us for review within the next few weeks.
Other items we continue to work on include certification of alternate registries — whether or not it is still required, Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) and how it interacts with new CDC surveillance forms, and how CDC intends to work with registries in the future in relation to all forms of Bioterrorism or public health emergencies (pandemic flu, for instance). We, Paula Soper and Karen Nikolai, Co-Chairs, look forward to your input in these areas as we build on our relationships throughout CDC.
Source: Karen Nikolai, Hennepin County Community Health Department;
Phone: (612) 348-2441