National Electronic Injury Surveillance System

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The National Electronic Injury Surveillance System is a U.S. database that collects and analyzes hospital emergency department data to monitor and estimate injuries associated with consumer products nationwide.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf database
injury surveillance system
public health surveillance system
abbreviation NEISS
collects body part injured
incident date
injury diagnosis
narrative description of incident
patient demographics
product involved in injury
country United States of America
surface form: United States
coverage national
dataAccess publicly available summary data
restricted detailed data for approved users
dataSource hospital emergency departments
dataType consumer product–related injury data
emergency department visit records
injury data
estimates national number of injuries from sample data
field consumer product safety
injury epidemiology
public health
focusesOn consumer product–related injuries in all age groups
unintentional injuries
hasSamplingFrame hospitals with emergency departments in the United States
jurisdiction federal
language English
maintainedBy Consumer Product Safety Commission
method probability sample of U.S. hospitals
monitors consumer product–related hazards
emergency department–treated injuries
operatedBy Consumer Product Safety Commission
surface form: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
purpose to estimate national injury incidence
to monitor injuries associated with consumer products
to support consumer product safety regulation
to support injury prevention research
sector consumer products
health surveillance data systems
supports development of injury prevention strategies
estimation of national injury burden
evaluation of safety standards
trend analysis of product-related injuries
timeResolution daily emergency department visits
usedBy injury prevention professionals
policy makers
product safety regulators
public health researchers

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Consumer Product Safety Commission operates National Electronic Injury Surveillance System