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***AFB is defined as Acid Fast Bacilli, which is a laboratory test used to identify certain types of bacteria such as mycobacteria that cause TB. There was a question from data collectors about how to capture this sputum sample. I guess the fact that the sputum sample is used to categorize the pathogen is why the discussion was placed here.--[[User:JHutton|JHutton]] 12:49, 11 August 2008 (CDT) | ***AFB is defined as Acid Fast Bacilli, which is a laboratory test used to identify certain types of bacteria such as mycobacteria that cause TB. There was a question from data collectors about how to capture this sputum sample. I guess the fact that the sputum sample is used to categorize the pathogen is why the discussion was placed here.--[[User:JHutton|JHutton]] 12:49, 11 August 2008 (CDT) | ||
****The pathogen list can only encode pathogens that were found, not negative findings, right? If that is the case, and if no other pathogen is found, would you not code this as a 68 - Unknown pathogen? Trish? [[User:Ttenbergen|Ttenbergen]] 13:33, 12 August 2008 (CDT) | ****The pathogen list can only encode pathogens that were found, not negative findings, right? If that is the case, and if no other pathogen is found, would you not code this as a 68 - Unknown pathogen? Trish? [[User:Ttenbergen|Ttenbergen]] 13:33, 12 August 2008 (CDT) | ||
* How do we code scabies ?cellulitis other parasite? Please let me know Thanks[[User:SKiesman|SKiesman]] 13:30, 17 November 2008 (CST) | |||
*Don't code. We haven't been tracking incidence of scabies nor are we going to start. [[User:TOstryzniuk|TOstryzniuk]] 21:21, 17 November 2008 (CST) | **Don't code. We haven't been tracking incidence of scabies nor are we going to start. [[User:TOstryzniuk|TOstryzniuk]] 21:21, 17 November 2008 (CST) | ||
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