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A program conducted under specific circumstances by veterinary or public health personnel to assess food operations to identify and mitigate risk from intentional and unintentional contamination. Circumstances under which an assessment is conducted include short term deployments, for deployed forces during initial entry deployment, and exercises and...
Documents the OEH conditions found at a site (e.g., deployment site such as a base camp, bivouac site or outpost, main operating base or forward operating site, enduring location, or contingency location) beginning at or near the time it is first occupied by U.S. forces, and updated as high risk hazards are identified. The assessment, done by Servic...
A specific biomonitoring method to assess biological specimens for changes resulting from exposure to materials foreign to the body or detect parent compounds or the metabolites of exposure agents.
Specially trained health care provider who has completed specialized education and clinical preparation in the medical forensic care of the sexual assault patient. SAMFEs are trained to provide sexual assault patient care in accordance with Department of Justice training standards and have completed training through the DOD inter-Service SAMFE training pr...
A process that an individual covered by this policy uses to disclose, without requesting confidentiality or Restricted Reporting, that he or she is the victim of a sexual assault. Under these circumstances, the victim’s report provided to healthcare personnel, the SARC, a SAPR VA, command authorities, or other persons is reported to law enforc...
Hospitals and clinics that are operated by military medical personnel.
A medical-forensic examination of a sexual assault patient (victim or suspect) by a specially trained healthcare provider known as a SAMFE. The SAFE includes a medical-forensic history; physical examination; collection of evidence, documentation of biological and physical findings; and evaluation and treatment of sexually transmitted infections, pregnancy...
Reporting option that allows sexual assault victims to confidentially disclose the assault to specified individuals (i.e., SARC, SAPR VA, or healthcare personnel), in accordance with DOD Instruction 6310.09, and receive medical treatment, including emergency care, counseling, and assignment of a SARC and SAPR VA, without triggering an official investigati...
An approach to engage people with histories of trauma that recognizes the presence of trauma symptoms and acknowledges the role that trauma has played in their lives. Trauma-informed services are based on an understanding of the vulnerabilities or triggers of trauma survivors that traditional service delivery approaches may exacerbate, so that these servi...
The collection tools, usually packaged in the form of a boxed kit that includes collection containers, bags, measuring devices and other equipment along with the instructions used to gather medical forensic evidence during the sexual assault medical forensic examination. It also refers to the evidence, usually returned to the box and sealed, once collecte...
The single point of contact at an installation or within a geographic area who oversees sexual assault awareness, prevention, and response training; coordinates medical treatment, including emergency care, for victims of sexual assault; and tracks the services provided to a victim of sexual assault from the initial report through final disposition and res...
Defined by the Joint Commission (https://www.ama.assn.org/delivering-care/ethics/informed-consent).
A program designed to address prevention, identification, evaluation, treatment, rehabilitation, follow-up, and reporting of child abuse and neglect, domestic abuse, and problematic sexual behavior in children and youth. FAPs consist of coordinated efforts designed to prevent and intervene in cases that impact military family readiness by promoting health...
The section of a medical treatment facility that treats patients with acute conditions without an appointment, either by their own means or by ambulance. EDs can be found in hospitals or clinics within the DCS.
Persons assisting or otherwise supporting health care providers in providing health care services (e.g., administrative personnel assigned to a military hospital or clinic). Includes all health care providers.
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