All living organisms of a given region.

A standard operating procedure (SOP) is a set of step-by-step instructions compiled by an organization to help workers carry out complex routine operations. SOPs aim to achieve...

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The real-time (or near real-time) collection, analysis, interpretation and dissemination of health-related data to enable the early identification of the impact (or absence of...

Complete list of all units of the population, which can be sampled

An infectious disease transmissible (as from person to person) by direct contact with an infected individual or the individual’s discharges or by indirect means (as by a vector).

The proportion of the population of interest (target population) that is included in the surveillance activity.

disease or infection caused by an agent which is transmissible from animals to humans.

Any physical or contextual variable that contributes to the likelihood or impact of either a priority zoonotic disease, zoonotic disease event or emergency at the individual or...

Aims to collect and evaluate results of ORION as a whole. Results will further be used for the creation of a "Sustainability Roadmap".

The extent to which the features of the population of interest are reflected by the population included in the surveillance activity. These features may include herd size,...

The sampling unit or units extracted at certain time from the sampled population

A study involving a sample of units selected from a larger well-delineated population. This (target) population is the entire set of units to which the findings of the survey...

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The description of the food safety problem and its context.

The analyte is the component demonstrated or measured by the method of analysis. It may be the microorganism, its components or products.

Criterion defining the acceptability of a product or a batch of foodstuff applicable to products placed on the market.

People particularly suceptible to infection (YOPI-young, old, pregnant, immunocompromised)

Areas with a higher or lower concentration of cases/events compared with what would be expected if these were distributed spatially at random

Investigation to follow the movement of a food product and its constituents through the stages of production, processing and distribution, both backward and forward. Trace-back...