NAVCENT DISEASE SURVEILLANCE WEEK OF 2 TO 8 SEP 11 SEP 90

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Subject: NAVCENT  DISEASE SURVEILLANCE WEEK OF 2 TO 8 SEP  11 SEP 90     

Unit: COMNAVCENT  

Parent Organization: COMUSCINCCEN

Box ID: BX303804

Folder Title: DISEASE SURVEILLANCE FOR OPERATION DESERT SHIELD 2 - 22 SEP 1990  1 OF 2                        

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                                                          11 September 1990


         From:                                5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(6)
                  Preventive Medicine Officer, NAVCENT
         To:      NAVCENT Surgeon           5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(6)

         Subj:    DISEASE SURVEILLANCE FOR OPERATION DESERT SHIELD,
                  WEEK OF 2 to 8 SEPTEMBER

         Encl:    (1) Daily Summary Worksheet
                  (2) Weekly Summary of Disease Impact
                  (3) Desert Shield Diagnostic Categories

         1. The preventive medicine team has attempted to establish a
         real-time disease surveillance system throughout the Navy/Marine
         Corps area of operations for Desert Shield. The system focuses
         on the medical problems considered to be of greatest force-
         degrading and epidemic potential. It does not attempt to track
         all diagnoses seen in the sick call setting. Individual units
         have been extremely receptive to the surveillance concept.

         2. At each Battalion Aid Station (BAS), a daily summary of major
         medical problems is made from the sick call log by the unit
         corpsman or medical of f icer (encl 1) . Diagnoses which do not f it
         into major categroies are listed as miscellaneous. The total
         number of troops supported is also recorded, along with the
         number of SIQ and admissions.

         3. From the daily worksheets, a weekly summary is prepared at
         the BAS (encl 2), which estimates the percentage of the force
         affected by each problem in a given week (Sunday through
         Saturday). The Weekly Summary of Disease Impact is forwarded to
         the I MEF surgeon. Analysis of disease trends is then performed
         by the NAVCENT Preventive Medicine officer, and an overall weekly
         synopsis is prepared.

         4. Limitations of the system:

to ascertain,
               as the force strength changes frequently. This affects the
               accuracy of the rates.
               b. Communication at the BAS level is poor, making it
               difficult for many units to report every week. It is also
               difficult to hand carry the weekly report to the MEF
               surgeon.
               c. Not every medical encounter is logged in the main BAS
               sick call log, especially when the unit is spread out to
               different sites.
               d. The exact definition of various diagnoses (especially
               dirarhea) may vary slightly from BAS to BAS and from

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