ICECI: State of Affairs

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ICECI State of Affairs
1. Current position of ICECI 2. Overall
planning 3. Other relevant information 4.
Activities for maintenance of ICECI
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Current Position of ICECI

• Need alphabetical index - process underway at WHO
• Translation - French translation is being
  reviewed
• Overview of categories - once indexing and
  translation completed
• Sent to CAS for checking

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Acceptance of ICECI into Family of International
Classification

• CAS assessed taxonomy
• Classification should be comprehensive
• At each level there should be a single axis of
  classification
• Categories should be mutually exclusive
• Example

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Taxonomy Issues (1)

• 8.98 Other specified utensil or container 8.9801
  Rubbish bin, trash can, dumpster Includes
  "Wheeliebin" 8.9808 Heavy container, box,
  package nec Includes
• container or box weighing more than 5
  kilograms/10 pounds nec
• bales of hay
• large rolls (e.g., of paper)
• 8.9818 Bag, sack nec Excludes plastic bag
  (98.9880)8.9898 Other specified utensil or
  container
• The content is broader than the title. bales of
  hay and rolls of paper are neither containers nor
  utensils

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Taxonomy Issues (2)
9.08 Tobacco or related product 9.0801
Cigarette, cigar, pipe 9.0805 Lighter, match
9.0810 Other tobacco/tobacco product Includes
pipe tobacco, ashtray, chewing tobacco, etc.
9.0815 Aids to quit smoking Includes chewing
gum containing nicotine, etc.9.0898 Other
specified tobacco or related product 9.0899
Unspecified tobacco or related product Again,
the categories are not mutually exclusive. Also,
it is not clear why pipe is included at 9.0801
while pipe tobacco is at 9.0810.
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Taxonomy Issues (3)

• Need to control the structure by adhering to
  basic taxonomic principles
• Sent to WHO Centre for the Family of
  International Classifications in the Netherlands
  which has responsibility for both the ICD ad ICF
  for reviewing ICECI to help these issues

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Overall planning

• ICD Centre heads meeting in October 2002
• Will have overview of the issues that come
  forward as a result of translation and indexing
• Plans for improvements

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Other relevant information

• Spanish coding form - 3 month pilot test of form
  in Colombia starting May 2002
• Norwegian translation - on hold
• WHO guidelines are published
• MDS-Is in Europe - developed by Consumer Safety
  Institute currently working on implementation
• Website - launched 9/2001
• Requests for information - number of questions
  are being asked by users of ICECI who should
  provide info to them?

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Activities for maintenance of ICECI (1)

• Co-ordination
• WHO maintenance group
• clearinghouse
• co-ordination of development of minimum data
  sets
• link between ICD-10 and ICECI
• Dissemination of ICECI
• training of developers of data collection
  systems
• promotion of ICECI
• development of materials for active promotion

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Activities for maintenance of ICECI (2)

• Roles of stakeholders
• WHO-CAS
• WHO-VIP
• Links Committee
• Working group on Injury Surveillance
  Methodology
• ICECI Co-ordination and Maintenance Group
• ICECI secretariat