NMCPHC-TM 6220.12

Question 1

NMCPHC-TM 6220.12

Answer 1

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE AND REPORTING

Question 2

Which reference defines medical surveillance?

Answer 2

DoD Directive 6490.02E

Question 3

Which type of events, usually disease or etiologic agent specific, may pose an inherent, significant threat to
public health and military operations?

Answer 3

Reportable Medical Events (RME)

Question 4

What publishes the agreed upon Reportable Medical Events (RME) list along with specific case definitions as
the Armed Forces Reportable Medical Events Guidelines and Case Definitions?

Answer 4

Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)

Question 5

Which instruction requires any medical event that meets the case definition of a reportable event to be
reported?

Answer 5

BUMEDINST 6220.12

Question 6

Urgent medical event reports are required within how many hours for some events?

Answer 6

24

Question 7

How many calendar days must routine reports for all non-urgent medical events be submitted after their
identification?

Answer 7

7

Question 8

What is the Navy’s official system to submit, view and track Medical Event Reports?

Answer 8

Disease Reporting System Internet (DRSi)

Question 9

Which type of surveillance involves monitoring the incidence of specific pre-diagnostic syndromes and injury
occurring in specific populations to identify important clusters of disease/injury at the earliest time possible?

Answer 9

Syndromic and Categorical Injury Surveillance

Question 10

Which program will be used to compile and submit manual reports of their unit’s D&I information to the
NMCPHC?

Answer 10

Microsoft Excel

Question 11

What are the Navy’s primary consultative resource for disease/outbreak confirmation and response assistance
including implementation of prevention and control measures?

Answer 11

Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Units (NEPMUs)