Laura Ginn Trawick has joined the Region H Healthcare Coalition as its new facilitator. She can be reached at laura.trawick@dph.ga.gov or 478-275-6545.
The National Hurricane Center is tracking two areas of interest in the eastern Atlantic for possible development. This is in addition to Hurricane Erin, which is anticipated to remain offshore of the Eastern U.S. coast. The tropical wave located over the central tropical Atlantic is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms.
The Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) is currently accepting public input on ideas that will potentially shape the Rural Health Transformation Program grant process. Ideas are being accepted from now until Aug. 29. All submissions will be reviewed after that time, and DCH may reach out for further information.
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) successfully reduced the severity of late-onset Tay-Sachs (LOTS) disease in human cell cultures and a mouse model by using a novel gene-editing treatment. LOTS is a rare form of Tay-Sachs disease with signs and symptoms such as muscle weakness, loss of coordination, muscle spasms, and sometimes loss of mental function beginning in late childhood to adulthood.
A National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported clinical trial has found that the outcome of treating complicated Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections with two intravenous (IV) doses of the antibiotic dalbavancin seven days apart is just as good as daily IV doses of conventional antibiotics over four to six weeks. Nearly 120,000 S. aureus bloodstream infections and 20,000 associated deaths occurred in the United States in 2017.
B. Braun Medical Inc. is voluntarily recalling two lots of Lactated Ringer's Injection USP 1000 mL, and 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection USP 1000 mL to the hospital level due to the presence of particulate matter inside the container. B. Braun has identified through complaints the potential for the product to contain particulate matter in solution. To date, there have been no reports of serious injury, death or other adverse events associated with this issue.
The products affected include certain raw frozen shrimp products processed by PT. Bahari Makmur Sejati (doing business as BMS Foods), a company located in Indonesia, and sold at Walmart stores in AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MO, MS, OH, OK, PA, TX, and WV. At this time, no product that has tested positive or alerted for Cesium-137 (Cs-137) has entered U.S. commerce. The FDA is working with distributors and retailers that received products from PT. Bahari Makmur Sejati.
Identify, Isolate and Inform: It is important to continueto ask travel questions. The purpose of this notice is to remind healthcare providers about actions to take in Georgia when evaluating patients for possible serious communicable diseases.
Travel Clinical Assistant (TCA)
TheTravel Clinical Assistantprovides post-travel clinical information on travel-related diseases for 231 countries. Diseases with recent outbreaks occurring in the last two years are listed first.
Violent Actors and Cyber Criminals Threaten Emergency Services Sector
The Office of Intelligence and Analysis sent anassessmentof threats to the Emergency Services Sector— police, firefighters, and other first responders— from violent extremists, other physical threat actors, or malicious cyber actors.
