Second Annual College of Pharmacy Research Day, Pullman, Washington, August 20, 2008
Upgrading the United States Transuranium And Uranium Registries’ Pathology Database
Stacey L. McCord (USTUR), Anthony C. James (USTUR)
Initiated in the 1960’s with the mission of acquiring and providing precise information about the effects of plutonium and other transuranic elements in man, the United States Transuranium Registries (USTUR) has followed up to ‘old age’ almost 500 volunteer Registrants who worked at weapons sites and received measurable internal doses. As a part of this follow up, it is important to accurately track Registrant causes of death. To obtain consistent, reliable pathology data, the USTUR has sub-contracted a professional nosologist to code all death certificates and autopsy reports using both revisions 9 and 10 of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 respectively. The USTUR has redesigned and significantly expanded the functionality of its internal pathology database in a manner that emphasizes these data. The upgraded database focuses on 1) obtaining and importing quality cause of death data for each deceased registrant, and 2) designing forms that enhance the accessibility of data by enabling the user to search by case number, keywords, ICD-9-CM code, and ICD-10 code. Forms, search criteria and results, and quality assurance measures are described.
This page was last updated on August 26, 2008. usturwebmaster@tricity.wsu.edu
Secondary content using h2 tag.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
Life is good at WSU.
Secondary content can be almost anything. If you are not using this region delete all the content that is in between the div tags with the id ="additional".
A unique richness of students, faculty, location, activities, and organizations creates a full, lively student life at the University. This section gives you the insider's view on student life and a sampling of the opportunities here.
"Glimpses." Students talk about life at WSU
These brief posts are written by WSU students to give you a personal look through their window on campus life.