The group’s purpose is to provide the UK CVOs and both Defra and devolved administration policy teams with expert epidemiological opinion relevant to government policies designed to protect the UK from disease threats. Once the recording begins, you will need to remain still throughout the test. Your healthcare provider may monitor you through a window in an adjoining room to observe any movements that can cause an inaccurate reading, such as swallowing or blinking. The recording may be stopped periodically to let you rest or reposition yourself. You will be asked to sign a consent form that gives your permission to do the procedure. Read the form carefully and ask questions if something is not clear.

Along with gas we engage with water and electricity sectors. We also focus on standards, approvals and accreditations, house building policy and utility supply chain opportunities in UK infrastructure projects. We have strong engagement with and support from many organisations including Ofgem, BEIS, Utility Skills, BSI, HSE, ENA, LRQA, Achilles UVDB, HSE, Geospatial Commission, WRAS, Homes England and Homes Scotland and HS2. People with lesions of their brain, which can result from tumors or stroke, may have unusually slow EEG waves, depending on the size and the location of the lesion. If you took any sedatives for the test, you may be required to rest until the sedatives have worn off. You will need to have someone drive you home.

Avoid fasting the night before or the day of the procedure. Low blood sugar may influence the results. This study is generally done by an EEG technician and may take approximately 45 minutes to 2 hours. The NEEG is an APHA emergency group which is rapidly formed in response to disease incidents which have the potential for high impact on animal or public health, and rapid spread. These notifiable animal diseases must be reported to APHA. Typically, the NEEG is mobilised once a notifiable disease has been identified by our diagnostic team and confirmed at a disease confirmation teleconference led by the UK’s Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) or the CVO for Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland (depending on the where the outbreak is). One of the strengths of the NEEG is that it can also be mobilised before disease is confirmed, if there is a strong suspicion of a notifiable disease. This significantly increases the speed of the disease investigation, especially the gathering of potential source and spread tracings, which are key to disease control. UK Chief Veterinary Officer, Christine Middlemiss Other risks may be present, depending on your specific medical condition. Be sure to discuss any concerns with your healthcare provider before the procedure.

The NEEG also provides expert input to national and local animal disease exercises. These simulations demonstrate the agency’s emergency preparedness capability to deal effectively with outbreaks of exotic notifiable diseases of animals. Each field team takes part in at least one full-scale simulation exercise per year involving many of our partners and stakeholders. Exercise assessment and the lessons learned from them is then used to highlight and promote best practice and to review and update contingency plans. There may be other reasons for your healthcare provider to recommend an EEG. What are the risks of an EEG? The NEEG’s successful structure and incident management approach is also used within APHA for other disease threats, such as bovine tuberculosis (bTB) or investigations of imported disease cases (such as Brucella canis from dogs). Read our blog on this scenario. Ask your healthcare provider to tell you what you should do before your test. Below is a list of common steps that you may be asked to do.

Drinks containing caffeine, such as coffee, cola, and tea (while these drinks can occasionally alter the EEG results, this almost never interferes significantly with the interpretation of the test) Your healthcare provider will inform you when you may resume any medicines you stopped taking before the test. Once the test is completed, the electrodes will be removed and the electrode paste will be washed off with warm water, acetone, or witch hazel. In some cases, you may need to wash your hair again at home.

Also making up this group are energy, innovation, inspection and consultancy services and utlity training providers This group also has an active Small Medium Enterprise (SME) community. Final outbreak epidemiology reports (for example, high pathogenicity avian influenza H5N8 and H5N1 outbreaks in Great Britain) A key strength of NEEG lies in our ability to bring together the Gas Distribution Networks (GDNs), Gas Transmission, Independent Gas Transporters (IGTs) and industry sector supply chain Each team plays a different role, bringing different skillsets to the virtual team across the UK with the overarching goal being the successful and timely response to the outbreak. Your healthcare provider may give you additional or alternate instructions after the procedure, depending on your particular situation. Next steps

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