Good evening,
Attached please find the latest update from Naugatuck Valley Health District.
You will notice that we have temporarily removed the negative lab report column from Table 1. as we are trying to catch up with the negative reports in our system.
NVHD is not receiving the negative reports directly from our health care partners any more and we suspect that is due to the fact they are entering them into an online portal instead. The CT electronic disease surveillance system does not easily identify negative lab reports so identifying them is a bit time consuming.
For example, many are labeled as “suspect” so we have to go in and verify each profile and lab report that they are actually negatives and not pending further results.
NVHD is not receiving the negative reports directly from our health care partners any more and we suspect that is due to the fact they are entering them into an online portal instead. The CT electronic disease surveillance system does not easily identify negative lab reports so identifying them is a bit time consuming.
For example, many are labeled as “suspect” so we have to go in and verify each profile and lab report that they are actually negatives and not pending further results.
We appreciate the patience of our residents and partners who receive our data reports and hope to have the negative test data updated by some point next week.
Thank you,
Jess
Jessica Stelmaszek, MPH
Director of Health
Naugatuck Valley Medical Reserve Corps Director
Region 5 Medical Reserve Corps Coordinator
Region 5 ESF #8 Co-Chair
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