Event Maintenance Screen

 Purpose

The Event Maintenance Screen is used to view, enter, or edit a pandemic response event or preparedness exercise (such as a response event to a pandemic Influenza outbreak.) Only users such as ALERT IIS System Manager and ALERT Tech/Operations roles can access the Event Maintenance screen.

 Required Fields

Field Name

Description

 Event Code

This is the event code for the event that will be displayed on the weekly aggregate reports submitted to the Countermeasure and Response Administration (CRA) system. The event code is limited to 20 alphanumeric characters and cannot have punctuation or spaces.

Begin Date

This is the Begin Date of the Event.

Description

This is the long description of the event, which is displayed for ALERT IIS users. The description allows 60 characters, and (unlike the event code) punctuation and spaces are allowed.

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 Other Fields

Field Name

Description

End Date

This is the end date of the event. An ongoing or future event may not have an end date listed.

Project Area

Partner jurisdiction(s) or project area(s) that are recognized as valid values for submitting aggregate reports to the CRA system. Oregon has one Valid Value "Oregon" for reporting. If there are multiple valid project areas, a pick list will be displayed, so the user may select a project area for the event.

Report Run Day (s)

The default report run day is Tuesday. If the user would like the report to run more often, simply check the day the user would like the report to run. The report is set up to run in the early morning hours of the day selected.

Vaccine Types

For a pandemic response event, relevant countermeasure substances are specified as vaccine types. Selecting the Vaccine Reporting button will display all the selected vaccine types for the event. If the user would like to report a selected vaccine under a different vaccine type, select the vaccine type under the Report Under Vaccine Type column.

Included Dose Number Counts

Based on the requirements of an event, dose number counts may or may not be required to be submitted in the weekly aggregate report counts to the CRA System. Dose Number Count is the number of vaccines administered to a patient for the event (example: the patient's 1st Influenza shot, 2nd Influenza shot, or other.)

Age Groups

For a pandemic response event, the patient population is to be screened and categorized into a selected list of age groups. During a pandemic response event, procedures are followed and vaccines are administered to persons meeting appropriate age groups.

Priority Groups

For a pandemic response event, the patient population is to be screened and categorized into a selected list of priority groups. During a pandemic response event, procedures are followed and vaccines are administered to persons meeting appropriate priority groups.

Organizations

For a pandemic response event, organizations administering countermeasure vaccines are associated to the event.

 Vaccine Request Window Status

 This section user can select the Open or Closed button

 Vaccine Request Prebooked Status Window

This date entered must be equal to or beyond 01/01/1880 for both text box. Any dose entered after the requested dated will be marked as late.

System-wide Days to Auto-return Allocated Doses to Pool

This indicates allocated doses will be auto-returned to the allocation pool, if left empty or set to 0, the doses will not be auto returned.

CRA Event Information section

 

 

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 Functionality

Entering a new event

  1. Click the Add Event button.

  2. Type the event code. This is a required field.

  3. Type the event description. This is a required field.

  4. Type the Begin Date (format: MM/DD/YYYY), or select a Begin Date using the Calendar icon. This is a required field.

  5. Type the End Date (format: MM/DD/YYYY), or select a End Date using the Calendar icon.

  6. If only one project area exists, it will be displayed and is not editable. If multiple project areas exist, select a project area from the "Project Area" pick list.

  7. Report Run Day(s) default is Tuesday, but more could be selected if more reporting is needed.

  8. Selecting Vaccine Type(s):

  9. Select whether or not to Include Dose Number Counts on the weekly aggregate reports by selecting either Yes or No option button.

  10. Selecting Age Groups:

  11. Selecting Priority Groups:

  12. Click the Organization Listing button to go to the Select Organizations for Event screen and manage organizations for the event. This button also saves information on the Event Maintenance screen.

  13. Click the Save button to save information on the Event Maintenance screen.

Viewing or Updating an Existing Event

    1. Select an event from the 'Select an Event to Edit' pick list. Optionally, click the hyperlink for the desired event from the 'Event Listing' section.

    2. The selected event record will be displayed.

    3. Make any desired updates and/or changes to any of the information fields.

    4. Click the Save button.

Deleting an Existing Event

    1. Select an event to delete from the 'Select a Event to Edit' pick list. Optionally, click the hyperlink for the desired event from the 'Event Listing' section.

    2. Click the Delete button. A pop-up confirmation message box will appear.

    3. Click the Ok button to confirm, or the Cancel button to stop the operation.

Viewing All Events

    1. Click the List All button.

    2. The main Event Maintenance screen will appear displaying the 'Event Listing' section and all saved events.

    3. Click on an event hyperlink to view that event's information.

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Notes

In order for the registry to create a record for an event there is a minimum amount of information necessary that must be provided. These select pieces of information are the Required Fields and are denoted in the registry by the blue information field labels.

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