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Toolkit for Epidemiologic Response to an Acute Chemical Release

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2016

Mary Anne Duncan  and
Maureen F. Orr
Mary Anne Duncan*
Affiliation:
Division of Toxicology and Human Health Sciences, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, Georgia.
Maureen F. Orr
Affiliation:
Division of Toxicology and Human Health Sciences, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, Georgia.
*
Correspondence and reprint requests to Mary Anne Duncan, DVM, MPH, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 4770 Buford Highway NE, MS F-57, Atlanta, GA 30341 (e-mail: maduncan@cdc.gov).
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Abstract

When a large chemical incident occurs and people are injured, public health agencies need to be able to provide guidance and respond to questions from the public, the media, and public officials. Because of this urgent need for information to support appropriate public health action, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) of the US Department of Health and Human Services has developed the Assessment of Chemical Exposures (ACE) Toolkit. The ACE Toolkit, available on the ATSDR website, offers materials including surveys, consent forms, databases, and training materials that state and local health personnel can use to rapidly conduct an epidemiologic investigation after a large-scale acute chemical release. All materials are readily adaptable to the many different chemical incident scenarios that may occur and the data needs of the responding agency. An expert ACE team is available to provide technical assistance on site or remotely. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2016;10:631–632)

Keywords

toolkitepidemiologic responsechemical spill
Type
Responder Tools
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , August 2016 , pp. 631 - 632
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. 2016 

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