Since 2012, there has been an identifiable increase in the incidence of West Nile Virus and recently, additional mosquito diseases such as Chikungunya Virus and Zika Virus. The mode of transmission for these illnesses are mosquitoes. When Consumer Health is notified of the presence of West NIle Virus the protocol is to immediately begin targeted education to the residents of the affected area. Preventing further spread of the disease is crucial. Educating the citizens that may be exposed about their risks and the steps they need to take to reduce this risk of illness time sensitive. Consumer Health has set a standard of responding on the same day to notifications to preveint illnesses. To measure this Consumer Health documents and records the notification date and the date of response to ensure educating the citizens remains a priority.  Each notification of the presence of West Nile Virus in a patient is recorded in SWEEPs. Each responder is then held accountable for documenting their work efforts regarding this notification in SWEEPs as a Daily Activity Report. 2014 100%, 2015 100%

The data source for this measure resides in SWEEPS. Each notification is specifically titled and numbered.  Mosquite (MOS), Human Case (HC), # of case reported # then YEAR; for example MOS HC 10 2015 is the name of the 10th report of a human case of illness in 2015. To find the data: In Sweeps, click the tab <MFR>, then click <Master File>, then click <Search>, hover the arrow over <site> and then click on <By Name, Street, City>. Type in MOS HC # and Year that you are measuring, then select that file. Select <DAR Hist> and review the file for the date reported. To verify the public education a review of the Neighborhood Letters that are prepared and sent out is most accurate. These letters are dated and e-mailed to the affected areas.  These letters can be found in \\fs100 CodeComp> Education and Marketing>Consumer Health.West Nile Virus 2015 (or appropirate year)>Neighborhood Letters.  The assigned West Nile Virus supervisor tracks this report. All CH supervisors have access to it.

Actual = (# of letters sent out same day / total # letters sent out )*100