BUMEDINST 6220.12 MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE AND NOTIFIABLE EVEN REPORTING Flashcards
What does MER stand for?
Medical Event Report
What is the instruction for the Medical Event Report?
BUMEDINST 6220.12A
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The Medical Event Report replaced what previous report?
The Disease Alert Report
What is the purpose of BUMEDINST 6220.12A?
To issue instructions for preparing and submitting Medical Event Reports (MER)
What is the primary purpose of the Medical Event Reporting System?
It ensures a timely and adequate response to medical events
Why is Medical Event Disease Surveillance so important in military populations?
Because medical events can have mission-degrading effects
What will be submitted for specific medical events that include selected communicable diseases, injuries, and outbreaks?
MER’s
A successful communicable disease and injury control program depends on what of suspected or confirmed cases?
Early notification
When you submit a Medical Event Report you should use what reporting system procedures?
Naval Disease Reporting System Procedures (NDRS)
True or False: Use (MER’s) to report HIV.
False ANS: For HIV use CDC Form 50.42A to BUMED, Navy Medical HIV Program in Bethesda, MD
What Report Control symbol is assigned to the Medical Event Report?
MED 6220-3
True or False: Medical Event Reports are used when a medical event is unusual in presentation, clinical course, outbreak potential, or treatment.
TRUE
Medical Event Reports are to be kept on file for how long?
Five Years
If a unit has to send a MER by urgent message, what should the condition of the message be?
Unclassified
Name two types of Medical Event Reports.
Routine and Urgent
Most reportable medical events are routine, at the latest, when must routine medical event reports be submitted to the Naval Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit (NAVENPVNTMEDU)?
No later than the 1st of each month
At the latest, when must routine medical event reports be submitted to the Naval Environmental Health Center (NAVENVIRHLTHCEN)?
No later than the 15th of each month
What is a communicable condition with a suspected common source, or occurs in one or more clusters among personnel in a particular location, work center, berthing compartment, day care, or involving more than an expected number of individuals?
Reportable Outbreak
A suspected outbreak occurring among military personnel is considered what type of medical event?
Urgent
Seemingly unrelated cases of disease and injury occurring on different ships or stations may be medically significant when viewed on what basis?
Regional
Who shall maintain an effective command medical event surveillance program?
Commanding Officers
Commanding officers shall submit what type of naval message when a medical event may attract high level Navy interest or affect operational readiness?
OPREP-3
Navy Blue
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) reporting is not performed using MER. HIV infections should be reported to whom and to appropriate state authorities?
BUMED?
Who shall perform global medical even surveillance and monitoring of reportable medical events?
Commanding Officer,
NAVENVIRHLTHCEN
Commanding Officer, NAVENVIRHLTHCEN shall validate, on what basis, a sample of MER's as directed by NAVENVIRHLTHCEN?
Annually
Reports are submitted electronically via the internet or by mailing a what to the cognizant NAVENPVNTMEDU?
3.5” Diskette
In situations when timeliness is critical, what method of reporting with follow on correspondence to the cognizant NAVENPVNTMEDU is acceptable?
Direct
telephone
or E-Mail
Who is the
primary action
addressee on
MER’s?
Cognizant
NAVENPVNTMEDU
NAVENPVNTMEDUs will submit urgent reports to NAVENVIRHLTHCEN no later than how many hours after receipt?
24 hrs
A suspected outbreak occurring among military personnel is considered an urgent reportable medical event and must be reported within what time frame to the cognizant NAVENPVNTMEDU by whatever means available?
24 hrs
Medical event disease surveillance is particulary important in military populations where medical events can have what type of effects?
Mission-degrading
