KEYWORDS:
Perinatal Hepatitis B, NETSS

BACKGROUND:
Tennessee has maintained a separate registry for Perinatal Hepatatitis B and for NETSS. Maintaining 2 separate registries has meant duplication, opportunity for data entry error, and decreased access to data analysis on a local level. Merging the systems will allow local control over their data and improve the continuity of care.

OBJECTIVE(S):
To decrease the paperwork involved with perinatal hepatitis B. To decrease the time between notification of a perinatal hepatitis B case and its formal report into the tracking program. To improve the completeness of reporting on perinatal hepatitis B cases, infants and household and sexual contacts.

METHOD(S):
An extended form was added to the Tennessee NETSS system to report HBsAg+ pregnant women. Included in this extended form is information on the pregnant women, household and sexual contacts, and infants born to the women. This information can be updated as needed. This data is entered into the NETSS system on the local level and is retrievable on the local level.

RESULT(S):
Training on data entry is an ongoing process. Access to data entry systems has been restricted to a small number of individuals and that restriction has been a barrier to complete use of the program. Interest in the system has been high, and barriers are currently being overcome.

CONCLUSIONS(S):
A system to give control of data to those who are involved in perinatal hepatitis B investigation is desirable. Consolidating that control with an existing reporting system is logical and necessary. This extended report form in the NETSS system is the next step toward that assurance.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
The presenter will demonstrate how an extended report can be utilized in NETSS for perinatal hepatitis B. The presenter will compare the paperwork trail used to report case information in the past with the "paperless" trail of reporting in the NETSS system.