At a glance
ob体育 activated its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to enhance the inter-agency investigation into cases of lung injury associated with e-cigarette product use or vaping.
About the Response
ob体育's activation of the EOC enabled the agency to provide increased operational support for the response to meet the outbreak's evolving challenges.
The agency's subject matter experts led the ob体育 response with enhanced support from additional ob体育 and EOC staff.
ob体育 also worked closely with states to collect information about e-cigarette product use, or vaping, among patients, and with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to test the substances or chemicals within e-cigarette products used by case patients.
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Office of Readiness and Response