scholarly journals The Mortuary as a source of injury data: progress towards a mortuary data guideline for fatal injury surveillance

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. A144-A144
Author(s):  
N. Grills ◽  
J. Ozanne-Smith ◽  
K. Bartolomeos
Keyword(s):  
Injury Surveillance ◽  
Fatal Injury ◽  
Injury Data

Battery-Related Injuries in Children and Adults

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 1665-1670
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Zimmermann ◽  
Danielle King ◽  
Caroline Crump
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Room ◽  
Surveillance System ◽  
Rechargeable Batteries ◽  
Injury Surveillance ◽  
Consumer Product ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Injury Surveillance System ◽  
Probability Sample ◽  
Injury Data ◽  
Button Cell

The aim of the current study was to analyze the circumstances behind battery injuries, including the mode of injuries experienced (e.g., a shock or consumption), as well as the battery types and products most frequently involved in battery injuries. The National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), a probability sample of US hospitals that collects information from emergency room (ER) visits related to a consumer product, was utilized. Injury data from the NEISS database was coded to identify a) the accident mode that led to the injury, b) the battery type involved, and c) the product that was powered by the battery or charger, if available. The data revealed that battery-related injuries were most often associated with (1) children consuming button cell batteries associated with toys and other household objects, and (2) adults becoming burned when handling vehicle batteries. Surprisingly, injuries associated with rechargeable batteries were the least frequent; however, when burns occurred, they were predominantly related to e- cigarettes, as well as vehicles. Results are discussed in terms of general exposure to specific battery types and products analyzing these battery types within each age group.

scholarly journals 162 Implementation of a mortuary-based fatal injury surveillance(FIS) system in rural and Urban Hospitals in Tanzania (2010–2015)

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (Suppl 2) ◽  
pp. A59.3-A60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Makata ◽  
Ruge Manyere ◽  
Charles Massambu ◽  
Amos Mwakigonja ◽  
Kidist Bartolomeous
Keyword(s):  
Injury Surveillance ◽  
Fatal Injury ◽  
Urban Hospitals ◽  
Rural And Urban

scholarly journals Assessing Violence and Injury Surveillance in the Caribbean

2018 ◽  
pp. 328-333
Author(s):  
GM Andall-Brereton ◽  
WA Mueller
Keyword(s):  
Support Services ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Health Agency ◽  
Injury Surveillance ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Surveillance Systems ◽  
Injury Data ◽  
Victim Support ◽  
The Caribbean

Objective: To determine the status of existing violence and injury prevention (VIP) efforts and surveillance systems in the Caribbean. Methods: The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) undertook a survey to gather evidence of VIP in 24 CARPHA member states. The survey was administered to national epidemiologists and non-communicable disease focal points in October 2015 using an online tool, ‘Survey Monkey’. Questions were asked about the availability in each country of VIP representative surveys, policies, action plans, laws, victim support services, and surveillance systems. Results: Nineteen (79%) countries completed the VIP survey. Only three (16%) countries indicated having conducted a nationally representative survey. Twelve (63%) had not developed a national policy, and 14 (74%) had not implemented an action plan on VIP. Each country reported the existence of VIP laws and offered victim support services, though average law enforcement ranged from 40% to 79%. Nine (47%) countries indicated using an injury registry, and 15 (79%) reported collecting injury data using in-patient records, mainly from public hospitals. All 19 countries confirmed that records of reported violent incidents were maintained by the police. Unique identifiers were generally lacking in registries and data collected by the police. Only four (44%) countries with registries, 10 (67%) countries with in-patient injury data, and 12 (63%) countries with police records indicated that the data were shared with other organizations. Conclusion: Each country reported some level of injury surveillance system. However, such systems should be harmonized to produce more complete baseline data. The use of unique identifiers is required to reduce duplication and effectively link surveillance systems available in countries.

WHO launches guide to fatal injury data collection

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 421-421
Author(s):  
Joan Ozanne-Smith ◽  
Kidist K Bartolomeos ◽  
Margie M Peden
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Fatal Injury ◽  
Injury Data

Testing and Evaluation of Baby Walkers Based on Product Injury Data

2013 ◽  
Vol 834-836 ◽  
pp. 1628-1631
Author(s):  
Yong Qin Feng ◽  
Yan Yin ◽  
Xiao Rui Zhang ◽  
Jin jian Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Surveillance System ◽  
Dynamic Strength ◽  
Structural Materials ◽  
Processing Technique ◽  
Injury Surveillance ◽  
Injury Surveillance System ◽  
Injury Characteristics ◽  
Injury Data ◽  
Testing And Evaluation

The injury characteristics of baby walkers were analyzed based on injury data about baby walkers from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) of U.S. and the National Injury Related Products Surveillance System (NISS) of China. The main causes for the baby walkers injuries were identified by testing and evaluation, including insufficient anti-collision space, low designed static and dynamic strength, substandard outsourced casters and the processing technique not in conformity with the requirements for accessible parts. Such suggestions were put forward as increasing the anti-collision space, enhancing the strength of structural materials, performing stricter acceptance check for the outsourced casters and confirming the process inspection of semi-finished products.

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