Collecting system epidemiology

Duplex Collecting Systems 109 Etiology and Epidemiology 109 Presentation and Circumstances of Diagnosis 109... 

To identify opportunities for reducing medication errorS/ it is important that each error be carefully reviewed by a limited number of individuals to gain intimate knowledge of each reported incident. Collection and classification of error data must be followed by use of a careful epidemiological approach to problem solving at the system level. Narrative data which may not be seen by looking at the categorical data alone/ can be used to provide important details about proximal causes and latent error that may have contributed to the event. Success in this type of error reduction requires the reviewers to read between the lineS/ look for common threads between reports/ and link multiple errors that are the result of system weaknesses. 

The epidemiology of Stage 5 CKD has been well documented through the efforts of the United States Renal Data System (USRDS), a national data system that collects, analyzes, and distribntes information... 

Active surveillance, which requires staff to actively search for and identify new cases, provides more timely and accurate information than the commonly used passive systems. To conduct active surveillance, state and local health departments must have sufficient numbers of adequately trained epidemiologists. These scientists collect, compile, analyze, and interpret the epidemiologic data to determine the source of the infectious agent. Additionally, capacity is required to conduct the field investigations that are dictated by the surveillance data or by case reports. 

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