Medical Surveillance and Medical Event Reporting Flashcards
What does MER stand for?
Medical Event Report
What is the instruction number for the Medical Event Report?
BUMEDINST 6220.2C
The Medical Event Report replaced what previous report?
The Disease Alert Report
Why is Medical Event Disease Surveillance so important in military populations?
Medical events can have mission degrading effects
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)
Is a MER used to report HIV?
No. Use CDC Form 50.42A to BUMED
What report control symbol is assigned to the Medical Event Report?
MED 6220-3
How long are MERs kept on file?
5 years
If a unit has to send a MER via Urgent Message, what should the condition of the message be?
Unclassified
Name two types of medical event reports?
Routine
Urgent
When must routine MERs be submitted to the NAVENPVNTMEDU?
NLT the 1st of each month
At the latest, when must routine MERs be submitted to to the NAVENVIRHLTHCEN?
NLT the 15th of each month
A suspected outbreak occurring among military personnel is considered what type of event?
Urgent
Seemingly unrelated cases of disease and injury occurring on different ships or stations may be medically significant when viewed on what basis?
Regionally
Who shall maintain an effective command medical event surveillance program?
Commanding Officers
COs shall submit what type of naval message when a medical event may attract high level Navy interest or affect operational status?
OPREP-3
Navy Blue
Who shall perform global medical event surveillance and monitoring of reportable medical events?
CO, NAVENVIRHLTHCEN
CO, 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 ? to the cognizant NAVENPVNTMEDU?
3.5” diskette
In situations when timeline is crucial, what method of reporting with follow on correspondence to the cognizant NAVENPVNTMEDU is acceptable?
Direct telephone or email
Who is the primary action addressee on MERs?
Cognizant NAVENPVNTMEDU
NAVENPVNTMEDUs will submit urgent reports NAVENVIRLTHCEN no later than how many hours after receipt?
24hrs
A suspected outbreak occurring among military personnel is considered urgent and must be reported within how long?
24hrs
Medical event disease surveillance is particularly important in military populations where medical events can have what type of effects?
mission degrading
