Injury surveillance in correctional facilities--Michigan, April 1994-March 1995.

Following an outbreak of Legionnaires disease in a Michigan prison in 1993 (1), which was first recognized at a civilian hospital, the Michigan Department of Public Health (MDPH) recommended that surveillance for acute infectious diseases be established in the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC). In April 1994, MDOC and MDPH implemented a pilot system to monitor trends and detect clusters of selected acute infectious diseases and injury in six Michigan state correctional facilities. This report summarizes the findings of injury surveillance during April 1994-March 1995.