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Research Project #2 Develop Common Criteria for Injury and Fatality Reporting

Monday, January 9, 2012

Research Project #2 Develop Common Criteria for Injury and Fatality Reporting

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Recommendations

  • Injury mechanism
    • Attributes trauma to the physical source of injury
    • Essential for the determination of prevention strategies
      • If you do not know what caused the injury, how can you prevent it?
    • Basic coding structure can be applied to all modes
    • Specific codes will be unique to each mode