Dangel Chrissy, Allgeier Steven C, Gibbons Darcy, Haas Adam, Simon Katie
Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, Water Security Division, US Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA.
Biosecur Bioterror. 2012 Mar;10(1):123-30. doi: 10.1089/bsp.2011.0029. Epub 2012 Feb 17.
Effective communication and coordination are critical when investigating a possible drinking water contamination incident. A contamination warning system is designed to detect water contamination by initiating a coordinated, effective response to mitigate significant public health and economic consequences. This article describes historical communication barriers during water contamination incidents and discusses how these barriers were overcome through the public health surveillance component of the Cincinnati Drinking Water Contamination Warning System, referred to as the "Cincinnati Pilot." By enhancing partnerships in the public health surveillance component of the Cincinnati Pilot, information silos that existed in each organization were replaced with interagency information depots that facilitated effective decision making.
在调查可能的饮用水污染事件时，有效的沟通与协调至关重要。污染预警系统旨在通过启动协调、有效的应对措施来减轻重大公共卫生和经济后果，从而检测水污染情况。本文描述了水污染事件期间存在的历史沟通障碍，并讨论了如何通过辛辛那提饮用水污染预警系统（即“辛辛那提试点”）的公共卫生监测部分克服这些障碍。通过加强辛辛那提试点公共卫生监测部分的伙伴关系，各组织中存在的信息孤岛被跨部门信息库所取代，这些信息库促进了有效的决策制定。
