CDC FoodCORE Year Eight Cumulative Metrics – Norovirus, Other Etiology, and Unknown Etiology (NOU)
Data Report Period: January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018
Ten state and local health departments participate in FoodCORE. Data are only reported when available from three or more centers; ‘n’ indicates the number of centers reporting each metric. All data are cumulative.
| Performance Metrics: (See FoodCORE website for complete language and definitions) |
Norovirus Mean (Range) | Other Etiology Mean (Range) | Unknown Etiology Mean (Range) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1a. Number of investigations | 101 (5–245) n=10 |
22 (6–48) n=10 |
17 (2–39) n=10 |
| 1b. Number of foodborne or point-source investigations | 14 (3–40) n=10 |
14 (3–28) n=10 |
4 (1–18) n=10 |
| 1c. Number of person-to-person investigations | 83 (2–225) n=10 |
8 (0–25) n=10 |
10 (0–36) n=10 |
| 2a.1 Number; Percent of investigations with clinical specimens submitted to any lab | 59 (5–159) 65% (18%–100%) n=10 |
18 (4–44) 86% (13%–100%) n=10 |
11 (0–27) 53% (0%–76%) n=9 |
| 2a.2 Number; Percent of investigations with clinical specimens submitted to PHL | 37 (3–87)
49% (6%–100%) |
14 (3–35)
66% (10%–100%) |
5 (0–14)
37% (0%–75%) |
| 2b. Number; Percent of investigations where clinical specimens were tested for GI viruses at PHL | 37 (3–87)
91% (14%–100%) |
5 (0–12)
45% (0%–100%) |
6 (1–14)
76% (33%–100%) |
| 2b.1 Number; Percent of investigations where specimens were tested for norovirus by RT-PCR at PHL | 40 (3–87)
99% (95%–100%) |
4 (0–9)
64% (0%–100%) |
6 (1–14)
86% (33%–100%) |
| 2b.1.1 Number; Percent of norovirus investigations with positive specimens sequenced and uploaded to CaliciNet | 29 (1–58)
70% (33%–100%) |
n/a | n/a |
| 2b.1.1.1 Median days from first norovirus detection via RT-PCR to upload to CaliciNet | 5 (2–10) n=7 |
n/a | n/a |
| 2b.2 Number; Percent of investigations where specimens were tested for other viruses at PHL | 7 (0–27)
22% (0%–100%) |
4 (0–10)
78% (0%–100%) |
4 (0–13)
54% (0%–100%) |
| 2c. Number; Percent of investigations where specimens were tested for pathogenic bacteria or their toxins, antigens, or antibodies at PHL | 13 (2–47)
52% (2%–100%) |
9 (0–26)
73% (0%–100%) |
4 (0–8)
60% (0%–100%) |
| 2c.1 Number; Percent of investigations where specimens were tested using culture-based diagnostics at PHL | 9 (0–47)
55% (0%–100%) |
7 (0–26)
57% (0%–100%) |
2 (0–8)
56% (0%–100%) |
| 2c.2 Number; Percent of investigations where clinical specimens were tested using non-culture-based diagnostics at PHL | 11 (0–47)
52% (0%–100%) |
4 (0–15)
56% (0%–100%) |
1 (0–5)
37% (0%–100%) |
| 2d. Number; Percent of investigations where clinical specimens were tested for parasites at PHL | 3 (0–14)
15% (0%–100%) |
5 (0–17)
44% (0%–100%) |
1 (0–5)
11% (0%–45%) |
| 3a. Number; Percent of foodborne or point-source investigations with exposure assessments conducted | 10 (2–40)
77% (30%–100%) |
10 (2–23)
74% (26%–100%) |
2 (0–7)
72% (0%–100%) |
| 3b. Number; Percent of foodborne or point-source investigations where an analytic epidemiologic study was conducted | 5 (0–22)
29% (0%–90%) |
3 (0–7)
26% (0%–75%) |
1 (0–7)
33% (0%–100%) |
| 4. Number; Percent of foodborne or point-source investigations with suspect vehicle/source identified | 2 (0–6)
16% (0%–33%) |
5 (1–14)
39% (8%–75%) |
1 (0–2)
16% (0%–50%) |
| 5. Number; Percent of foodborne or point-source investigations with confirmed vehicle/source identified | 3 (0–13)
14% (0%–50%) |
4 (0–12)
24% (0%–55%) |
0 (0–1)
5% (0%–33%) |
| 6. Number; Percent of foodborne or point-source investigations with identified source with: | |||
| a. Exclusion of ill person(s) | 5 (0–22)
33% (0%–80%) |
2 (0–5)
11% (0%–25%) |
0 (0–1)
4% (0%–33%) |
| b. Remediation or closure | 4 (0–27)
19% (0%–68%) |
3 (0–10)
13% (0%–45%) |
1 (0–4)
11% (0%–50%) |
| c. Educational campaign | 1 (0–5)
16% (0%–75%) |
4 (0–17)
25% (0%–61%) |
0 (0–1)
4% (0%–33%) |
| d. Media/public messaging | 1 (0–2)
4% (0%–20%) |
2 (0–4)
11% (0%–25%) |
0 (0–0)
0% (0%–0%) |
| e. Regulatory action (recall, hold) | 0 (0–2)
2% (0%–20%) |
1 (0–2)
6% (0%–25%) |
0 (0–0)
0% (0%–0%) |
| 7. Number; Percent of foodborne or point-source investigations linked to a common location where an on-site EHA was conducted | 12 (2–38)
79% (60%–100%) |
9 (1–23)
67% (25%–100%) |
3 (1–10)
89% (33%–100%) |
| 8. Number; Percent of foodborne or point-source investigations where food or environmental sample(s) were collected for testing | 1 (0–4)
3% (0%–15%) |
2 (0–6)
23% (0%–75%) |
1 (0–6)
22% (0%–100%) |
| 9. Number; Percent of foodborne or point-source investigations where environmental health partners were contacted | 12 (2–38)
82% (60%–100%) |
11 (3–25)
80% (33%–100%) |
4 (1–13)
97% (72%–100%) |
| 10. Number; Percent of outbreaks with NORS forms completed | 77 (2–245)
94% (40%–100%) |
19 (4–43)
89% (14%–100%) |
15 (2–37)
92% (41%–100%) |