title: Toolkit for Epidemiologic Response to an Acute Chemical Release.
abstract: When a large chemical incident occurs and people are injured, public health agencies need to be able to provide guidance and respond to questions from the public, the media, and public officials. Because of this urgent need for information to support appropriate public health action, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) of the US Department of Health and Human Services has developed the Assessment of Chemical Exposures (ACE) Toolkit. The ACE Toolkit, available on the ATSDR website, offers materials including surveys, consent forms, databases, and training materials that state and local health personnel can use to rapidly conduct an epidemiologic investigation after a large-scale acute chemical release. All materials are readily adaptable to the many different chemical incident scenarios that may occur and the data needs of the responding agency. An expert ACE team is available to provide technical assistance on site or remotely. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2016;10:631-632).
authors.affiliation: Division of Toxicology and Human Health Sciences,Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry,Atlanta,Georgia.
authors.forename: Mary Anne
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Duncan
authors.affiliation: Division of Toxicology and Human Health Sciences,Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry,Atlanta,Georgia.
authors.forename: Maureen F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Orr
mesh_terms: D055884:Chemical Hazard Release / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000295:instrumentation; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States; D014483:United States Dept. of Health and Human Services / Q000458:organization & administration
keywords: chemical spill; epidemiologic response; toolkit