CDC Travelers' Health has a new app available.

CDC Travelers' Health has a new app available. See information below for more details. Also, the CDC dengue CE course is now available. For more information on the dengue CE course and other CE courses visit: http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/page/ce-courses-training

Can I Eat This?
Montezuma’s revenge, Delhi belly, or travelers’ diarrhea—whatever you call it, it can ruin your international trip. Help prevent travelers’ diarrhea by using CDC’s Can I Eat This? app. Select the country you’re in and answer a few simple questions about what you’re thinking about eating or drinking, and Can I Eat This? will tell you whether it’s likely to be safe. With Can I Eat This?, you can be more confident that your food and drink choices won’t make you spend your international trip in the bathroom.

Thank you,

Kate Spruit-McGoff

SEGMENTS 2 - 3 Kate Spruit-McGoff Nurse Consultant for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Travelers’ Health Branch

Center for Disease Control and Prevention and contributor to TravelTalkRADIO and BusinessTravelRADIO Right Click to Save approx 17 min Center for Disease Control explains Travel Health Notices given to travelers Kate Spruit-McGoff joins Sandy for an interesting discussion about the CDC criteria regarding posting health notices. Kate is a Nurse Consultant for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Travelers’ Health Branch. She is also a Lieutenant in the United States Public Health Service. Her core work for CDC includes researching and developing travel notices, writing website content, and clinical education. She is a board member of the American Travel Health Nurses Association (ATHNA) and chair of ATHNA’s Communication Committee. What are the CDC Travel Notices? CDC posts travel health notices about disease outbreaks, major disasters, and international gatherings, such as religious or sporting events. ·      The notices include information about the situation or health risk, who is affected and how travelers can protect their health. How does CDC determine when to post a notice? CDC monitors disease outbreaks and other situations around the world. We use standard criteria to evaluate situations and determine whether or not a notice is warranted.TH reports on unusual or unexpected situations that are likely to affect travelers or to spread internationally. Travel notices are reserved for unusual situations, but expected disease risks are explained at the CDC Web site. http://www.cdc.gov/travel What are the different levels of travel notices? Warning Level 3, Avoid Nonessential Travel Alert Level 2, Practice Enhanced Precautions Watch Level 1, Practice Usual Precautions ·       Notices are assigned different levels based their health recommendation. ·     Each travel health notice has a section that gives advice about how travelers can protect themselves. o    For example, a Level 1 Watch advises travelers to “Practice Usual Precautions.” These usual precautions would be following the same healthy habits recommended for all travelers for that destination, such as washing your hands or avoiding mosquito bites. o    A Level 2 Alert advises travelers to “Practice Enhanced Precautions.” These enhanced precautions would not normally be recommended for that destination and could include actions such as getting a vaccine or taking a medication. o    A Level 3 Warning advises travelers to “Avoid Nonessential Travel.” This level of a travel health notice recommends that travelers avoid traveling to the destination unless absolutely necessary. Warnings are used rarely and only in the most serious circumstances.