BUMEDINST 6220.12 MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE AND NOTIFIABLE EVEN REPORTING

Question 1

What does MER stand for?

Answer 1

Medical Event Report

Question 2

What is the instruction for the Medical Event Report?

Answer 2

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Question 3

The Medical Event Report replaced what previous report?

Answer 3

The Disease Alert Report

Question 4

What is the purpose of BUMEDINST 6220.12A?

Answer 4

To issue instructions for preparing and submitting Medical Event Reports (MER)

Question 5

What is the primary purpose of the Medical Event Reporting System?

Answer 5

It ensures a timely and adequate response to medical events

Question 6

Why is Medical Event Disease Surveillance so important in military populations?

Answer 6

Because medical events can have mission-degrading effects

Question 7

What will be submitted
for specific medical
events that include
selected communicable
diseases, injuries, and
outbreaks?

Answer 7

MER’s

Question 8

A successful
communicable disease
and injury control
program depends on
what of suspected or
confirmed cases?

Answer 8

Early notification

Question 9

When you submit a Medical Event Report you should use what reporting system procedures?

Answer 9

Naval Disease Reporting System Procedures (NDRS)

Question 10

True or False: Use (MER’s) to report HIV.

Answer 10

False ANS: For HIV use CDC Form 50.42A to BUMED, Navy Medical HIV Program in Bethesda, MD

Question 11

What Report Control symbol is assigned to the Medical Event Report?

Answer 11

MED 6220-3

Question 12

True or False: Medical Event Reports are used when a medical event is unusual in presentation, clinical course, outbreak potential, or treatment.

Answer 12

TRUE

Question 13

Medical Event Reports are to be kept on file for how long?

Answer 13

Five Years

Question 14

If a unit has to send a MER by urgent message, what should the condition of the message be?

Answer 14

Unclassified

Question 15

Name two types of Medical Event Reports.

Answer 15

Routine and Urgent

Question 16

Most reportable medical events are routine, at the latest, when must routine medical event reports be submitted to the Naval Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit (NAVENPVNTMEDU)?

Answer 16

No later than the 1st of each month

Question 17

At the latest, when must routine medical event reports be submitted to the Naval Environmental Health Center (NAVENVIRHLTHCEN)?

Answer 17

No later than the 15th of each month

Question 18

What is a communicable condition with a suspected common source, or occurs in one or more clusters among personnel in a particular location, work center, berthing compartment, day care, or involving more than an expected number of individuals?

Answer 18

Reportable Outbreak

Question 19

A suspected outbreak occurring among military personnel is considered what type of medical event?

Answer 19

Urgent

Question 20

Seemingly unrelated
cases of disease and
injury occurring on
different ships or stations
may be medically
significant when viewed on
what basis?

Answer 20

Regional

Question 21

Who shall maintain
an effective
command medical
event surveillance
program?

Answer 21

Commanding Officers

Question 22

Commanding officers shall
submit what type of naval
message when a medical
event may attract high
level Navy interest or
affect operational
readiness?

Answer 22

OPREP-3

Navy Blue

Question 23

Human Immunodeficiency
Virus (HIV) reporting is not performed using MER. HIV infections should be
reported to whom and to
appropriate state
authorities?

Answer 23

BUMED?

Question 24

Who shall perform
global medical even
surveillance and
monitoring of reportable
medical events?

Answer 24

Commanding Officer,

NAVENVIRHLTHCEN

Question 25

``` Commanding Officer, NAVENVIRHLTHCEN shall validate, on what basis, a sample of MER's as directed by NAVENVIRHLTHCEN? ```

Answer 25

Annually

Question 26

``` Reports are submitted electronically via the internet or by mailing a what to the cognizant NAVENPVNTMEDU? ```

Answer 26

3.5" Diskette

Question 27

``` In situations when timeliness is critical, what method of reporting with follow on correspondence to the cognizant NAVENPVNTMEDU is acceptable? ```

Answer 27

Direct telephone or E-Mail

Question 28

Who is the primary action addressee on MER's?

Answer 28

Cognizant | NAVENPVNTMEDU

Question 29

``` NAVENPVNTMEDUs will submit urgent reports to NAVENVIRHLTHCEN no later than how many hours after receipt? ```

Answer 29

24 hrs

Question 30

``` A suspected outbreak occurring among military personnel is considered an urgent reportable medical event and must be reported within what time frame to the cognizant NAVENPVNTMEDU by whatever means available? ```

Answer 30

24 hrs

Question 31

``` Medical event disease surveillance is particulary important in military populations where medical events can have what type of effects? ```

Answer 31

Mission-degrading