Division of Disease Control and Health Protection

Florida Department of HealthAquatic Toxins Program

Andrew Reich, MS, MSPH, RRTAdministrator: Public Health Toxicology SectionBureau of Environmental Health

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 5 Harmful Algal Bloom/Clean Water Act/Safe Drinking Water Act Workshop and Public Meeting, Chicago, IL April 27 – 29, 2016

Freshwater: CyanobacteriaMicrocystis, Cylindrospermopsis, Lyngbya, Anabaena, Oscillatoria, Aphanizomenon

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Freshwater: Cyanobacteria3

Target Audience

• Health care providers

• Residents

• Visitors

• Workers

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Target Audience (continued)

• Veterinarians

• Farmers

• Pet Owners

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Medical Fact Sheets

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Public Health Surveillance ToolsEpiCom

- Public health bulletin board

Florida Poison Information Centers - Tampa, Jacksonville, Miami

Florida reportable disease system - Merlin

ESSENCE- Syndromic surveillance- Includes Florida hospital emergencydepartment and acute care facility data

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ESSENCE - Florida

Florida Poison Control Centers

“Merlin” Reportable

Disease Database

Florida-Based

Emergency Dep’t Data

“Electronic Surveillance System for Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics”

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EpiCom System

Aquatic Toxins

“Forum”

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Full text subscribers = 309; “Title” only subscribers = 78

Florida “Slime Crime” Tracker

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Cyanobacteria Tracking WebsiteIn 2012, the Florida Department of Health

developed an online tracking module for coordinating statewide cyanobacteria bloom response.

Caspio Web Hosting Site:• http://www.caspio.com/• Multi-user capability• User name/password protected• Somewhat “development” friendly• Redacted public portal also available

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HABs Tracking Website: Caspio

Contains a searchable database for retrieving data

Collects information on the location of bloom events, environmental conditions, site visit observations, & laboratory results

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March 2016 n = 128FL Dept of Health (FDOH)

FL Dept of EnvironmentalProtection (FDEP)County Govt (County)

FL Fish and Wildlife (FWC)

FL Water Management District(WMD)Military

National Aeronautics andAtmospheric AdministrationFL Dept of Agriculture andConsumer ServicesPrivate Lab

External - State

FDOH

FDEP

County

FWC

WMD

Caspio Subscribers by Entity13

Public Access Bloom Records14

Public Access Bloom Records14 - b

Public Access Bloom Records14 - c

Caspio – 270 recordsMany counties represented (33)

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Andrew Reich MS, MSPH, RRTDivision of Disease Control and Health Protection

andy.reich@flhealth.gov850.245.4187

www.floridahealth.gov/environmental-health/

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