Title BioWatch and public health surveillance : evaluating systems for the early detection of biological threats / Committee on Effectiveness of National Biosurveillance Systems: BioWatch and the Public Health System ; Board on Health Sciences Policy ; Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology ; Board on Life Sciences, Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies.

Publication Info.	Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2011]
	©2011

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Edition	Abbreviated version.
Description	1 online resource (xxii, 229 pages) : illustrations, charts
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Contents	Introduction and background -- BioWatch system -- Evaluation of the BioWatch system -- Detecting biological threats through the public health and health care systems: current status -- Enhancing surveillance to detect and characterize infectious disease threats -- BioWatch and enhanced national biosurveillance resources.
Summary	Following the attacks of September 11, 2001 and the anthrax letters, the ability to detect biological threats as quickly as possible became a top priority. In 2003 the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) introduced the BioWatch program--a federal monitoring system intended to speed detection of specific biological agents that could be released in aerosolized form during a biological attack. The present volume evaluates the costs and merits of both the current BioWatch program and the plans for a new generation of BioWatch devices. BioWatch and Public Health Surveillance also examines infectious disease surveillance through hospitals and public health agencies in the United States, and considers whether BioWatch and traditional infectious disease surveillance are redundant or complementary.
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Subject	Biological warfare -- Safety measures -- Evaluation.
	Biological warfare -- Safety measures.
	Evaluation.
	Biological warfare -- United States -- Prevention -- Evaluation.
	Biological warfare.
	United States.
	Biological warfare -- United States -- Safety measures -- Evaluation.
	Industrial safety.
	Public health surveillance -- United States -- Evaluation.
	Public health surveillance.
	Bioterrorism -- United States -- Safety measures -- Evaluation.
	Bioterrorism.
	Bioterrorism.
	Biohazard Release.
	Biological Warfare Agents.
	Environmental Monitoring.
Genre/Form	Evaluation Study.
	Electronic books.
Added Author	Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Health Sciences Policy.
	National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology.
	National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Life Sciences.
Other Form:	Print version: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). Committee on Effectiveness of National Biosurveillance Systems: BioWatch and the Public Health System. BioWatch and public health surveillance. Abbreviated version. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2011 9780309139717 (OCoLC)671466156
ISBN	9780309139724 (electronic book)
	0309139724 (electronic book)
	9780309139717
	0309139716

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