Publications by authors named "Margaret Grinnell"
Background: American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) children have experienced higher otitis media (OM) outpatient visit rates than other US children. To understand recent trends, we evaluated AI/AN OM rates before and after 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction.
Methods: We analyzed outpatient visits listing OM as a diagnosis among AI/AN children <5 years of age from the Indian Health Service National Patient Information Reporting System for 2010-2013.
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- The CDC Quarantine Stations provide essential drugs that are either not available or have limited supply in the U.S. for urgent health treatments.
- A study found that distributing these drugs from quarantine stations saves an average of 6.66 hours per shipment compared to sending them from CDC headquarters in Atlanta.
- The findings support keeping a decentralized distribution model, emphasizing the benefits of the CDC's regional presence for efficient drug delivery.
An outbreak of Ebola virus disease (Ebola) began in Guinea in December 2013 and has continued through September 2015. Health care workers (HCWs) in West Africa are at high risk for Ebola infection owing to lack of appropriate triage procedures, insufficient equipment, and inadequate infection control practices. To characterize recent epidemiology of Ebola infections among HCWs in Guinea, national Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF) surveillance data were analyzed for HCW cases reported during January 1–December 31, 2014.
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- The CDC Quarantine Stations provide essential drug products for emergency treatment that are not widely available in the U.S.
- After analyzing shipment records, it was found that using these stations saves an average of 6.66 hours per shipment compared to distributing from a central site in Atlanta.
- The results support maintaining a decentralized distribution model to enhance the efficiency of lifesaving drug delivery.