CDC Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA)

CDC Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA)

Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA)

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Our goal is to help clinicians offer optimal care to patients by providing them with the most current and reliable information available on emerging health threats.

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COCA identifies current educational resources related to emerging health issuesTo assist with your continuing education.

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COCA Partner Organizations

COCA Partner Spotlight on AAP

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is a professional membership organization of 60,000 pediatricians committed to the optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. The AAP was founded in 1930 by 35 pediatricians to serve as an independent forum to address children’s health needs. The AAP believes that each child should have a “medical home”—a model of health care where care is accessible, family-centered, continuous, comprehensive, coordinated, compassionate and culturally effective.Learn more about AAP online

COCA Partnerships

COCA partners with national medical and public health organizations to ensure that clinicians have timely, credible, and accurate information needed to provide care.  
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Multistate Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Investigation Resources for Clinicians

• FDA Patient Notification Letter
• CDC Health Alert Network (HAN): Issuance of Guidance on Management of Asymptomatic Patients Who Received Epidural or Paraspinal Injections with Contaminated Steroid Products NEW OCT 23, 2012
• Interim Treatment Guidance for Central Nervous System (CNS) and Parameningeal Infections Associated with Injection of Contaminated Steroid Products
• Interim Treatment Guidance for Osteoarticular Infections Associated with Injection of Contaminated Steroid Products
• Interim Guidance for Management of Asymptomatic Persons Exposed to Potentially Contaminated Steroid Products
• Case Definitions for Meningitis and Septic Arthritis
• Infections under Investigation in Patients Exposed to NECC Products Other than the 3 Contaminated Lots of Methylprednisolone Acetate
• Diagnostic Testing for Septic Arthritis and Specimen Submission to CDC – Outbreak Associated with Injection of Potentially Contaminated Steroid Products
• Diagnostic Testing and Specimen Shipping for Central Nervous System and Parameningeal Infections UPDATE: OCT 14, 2012
• Frequently Asked Questions for Clinicians: Multistate Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Investigation UPDATE: OCT 23, 2012
• MMWR: Multistate Fungal Meningitis Outbreak — Interim Guidance for Treatment UPDATED: OCT 19, 2012