Human Resources at U.S. Ports of Entry to Protect the Public’s Health
Interim Letter Report
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COMMITTEE ON MEASURES TO ENHANCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CDC QUARANTINE STATION EXPANSION PLAN FOR U.S. PORTS OF ENTRY
GEORGES C. BENJAMIN, M.D. (Chair), Executive Director,
American Public Health Association
JOAN M. ARNOLDI, D.V.M. 1, Retired,
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
BARBARA A. BLAKENEY, M.S., R.N., President,
American Nurses Association
LAWRENCE O. GOSTIN, J.D., Professor of Law,
Georgetown University Law Center
MARGARET A. HAMBURG, M.D., Vice President for Biological Programs,
Nuclear Threat Initiative
FARZAD MOSTASHARI, M.D., M.S.P.H., Assistant Commissioner,
Bureau of Epidemiological Services, New York City Department of Health
WILLIAM A. PETRI, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., Chief,
Division of International Health and Infectious Diseases, University of Virginia Health System
ARTHUR L. REINGOLD, M.D., Professor of Epidemiology,
School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley
RONALD K. ST. JOHN, M.D., M.P.H., Director General,
Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response, Public Health Agency of Canada
KATHLEEN E. TOOMEY, M.D., M.P.H., Director2,
Division of Public Health, Georgia State Health Department
MARY E. WILSON, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School
Study Staff
KATHLEEN STRATTON, Ph.D., Study Director
LAURA B. SIVITZ, M.S.J., Research Associate
DAVID W. GILES, Research Assistant
SHEYI LAWOYIN, Senior Program Assistant
PATRICK KELLEY, M.D., Ph.D., Director,
Board on Global Health
ROSE MARIE MARTINEZ, Sc.D., Director,
Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
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Ruth L. Berkelman, M.D., M.P.H., Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Donald S. Burke, M.D. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Kathleen F. Gensheimer, M.D., M.P.H., Maine Department of Health and Human Services
Ann Marie Kimball, M.D., School of Public Health, University of Washington
Bonnie Kostelecky, R.N., M.S., M.P.A., Multnomah County Health Department, Portland
Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the final report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Hugh H. Tilson, M.D., Dr.P.H., School of Public Health, University of North Carolina. Appointed by the Institute of Medicine, he was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.
Tables, Figures, and Boxes
TABLES
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Number of Employees and Contractors at Each CDC Quarantine Station at U.S. Ports of Entry, Mid-2004, |
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Types of Workers Who Could Conduct the Priority Functions Necessary for the Surveillance for, Detection of, and Response to Microbial Threats at U.S. Ports of Entry, |
FIGURES
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DGMQ’s proposed geographic distribution of the 25 quarantine stations, |
BOXES
