What does CDC MMWR stand for?

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR ) series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

What was the biggest disease in 2008?

Results: in 2008, the 10 leading causes of death were, in rank order: Diseases of heart; Malignant neoplasms; Chronic lower respiratory diseases; Cerebrovascular diseases; Accidents (unintentional injuries); Alzheimer’s disease; Diabetes mellitus; Influenza and pneumonia; Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis; …

What diseases were around in 2008?

Reports by disease

  • Anaplasmosis, 2008.
  • Arboviral Disease, 2008.
  • Babesiosis, 2008.
  • Campylobacteriosis, 2008.
  • Cryptosporidiosis, 2008.
  • Escherichia coli O157 Infection and Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS), 2008.
  • Giardiasis, 2008.
  • Haemophilus influenzae Invasive Disease, 2008.

What is the CDC recommended immunizations for healthcare workers?

Get either a Td or Tdap booster shot every 10 years thereafter. Pregnant HCWs need to get a dose of Tdap during each pregnancy. Microbiologists who are routinely exposed to Neisseria meningitidis should get meningococcal conjugate vaccine and serogroup B meningococcal vaccine.

How is the MMWR used?

MMWR Weekly publishes information useful to readers in the public health community, private clinicians, researchers, teachers and students, and the news media. Reports are based on science (especially epidemiology) or on public health policy or practice.

Is the CDC MMWR peer reviewed?

Although most articles that appear in MMWR are not “peer-reviewed” in the way that submissions to medical journals are, to ensure that the content of MMWR comports with CDC policy, every submission to MMWR undergoes a rigorous multilevel clearance process before publication.

What vaccinations are required for hospital workers?

Mandatory Vaccination for Healthcare Workers Policy Recommendation: The American College of Preventive Medicine supports mandatory (except for medical exemptions) vaccination or presumptive evidence of immunity against hepatitis B, influenza, measles, mumps, rubella, pertussis, and varicella for healthcare workers.

What does MMWR week mean?

Definition: The MMWR week is the week of the epidemiologic year for which the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) disease report is assigned by the reporting local or state health department for the purposes of MMWR disease incidence reporting and publishing.