At a glance
Explore the different data views and tools when using SEDRIC!
![This image shows the SEDRIC logo.](/foodborne-outbreaks/media/images/2024/04/SEDRIC-Logo-2_cropped.jpg)
On this page
Home screen
Navigate to multiple search features or select a tool to use
- Welcome screen where buttons for views and tools can be found
- Contact user support
- User documents available
![snapshot of sedric homepage layout](/foodborne-outbreaks/media/images/2024/04/home-screen-medium.jpg)
Explore and update outbreaks
Searchable information for events, from outbreak codes to NORS outbreaks to Outbreak Management System entries
- Look at lists and dashboards of information on events
- Search across outbreaks
- Important documents and questionnaires housed in a single location
- Link to NORS
![E coli outbreak view within SEDRIC](/foodborne-outbreaks/media/images/2024/04/explore-and-update-outbreaks-medium.jpg)
Explore and update isolates
Line list views, searchable isolate information, dashboards, and mapping
- Look at line list views and dashboards of isolate information
- Answer standard and ad hoc questions
- Store important documents and questionnaires in a single location
- Link to NHGQ data
- Bulk upload of isolates, through a specialized tool
![snapshot of isolate view screen](/foodborne-outbreaks/media/images/2024/04/explore-and-update-isolates-1-medium.jpg)
![snapshot of bulk isolate upload screen](/foodborne-outbreaks/media/images/2024/04/explore-and-update-isolates-2-medium_cropped.jpg)
Object explorer
All searchable data for filtering, viewing, sorting, and summary statistics
- Search for anything available in the system
- Filter, map, sort, dashboards
![snapshot of object explorer view](/foodborne-outbreaks/media/images/2024/04/explore-and-update-new.jpg)
![snapshot of bulk isolate upload view](/foodborne-outbreaks/media/images/2024/04/explore-and-update-isolates-2-medium_cropped-new-1.jpg)
NHGQ
Overall views of NHGQ data, along with analyzable charts for each outbreak
- Direct linkage to Epi Info Web Surveys, syncs every 2 hours
- Searchable forms, vehicles, grocery stores
- Easy view form attached to isolates
![line list of NHGQ data in sedric](/foodborne-outbreaks/media/images/2024/04/NHGQ-1-medium.jpg)
![snapshot of NHGQ data in sedric](/foodborne-outbreaks/media/images/2024/04/NHGQ-2-medium.jpg)
Testing results (NARMS)
Provides antimicrobial susceptibility results for both phenotypic and genotypic testing
- Direct linkage to NARMS, syncs every 2 hours from both phenotypic and predicted genotypic testing
- Searchable resistance patterns and drugs
- Easy view form attached to isolates
![snapshot of narms drugs](/foodborne-outbreaks/media/images/2024/04/test-Results-NARMS-1.jpg)
![narms resistance profile for an isolate](/foodborne-outbreaks/media/images/2024/04/test-Results-NARMS-2-medium.jpg)
NORS outbreak
Provides read-only information on NORS reports and allows searching across the NORS dataset
- All finalized reports now available
- Searchable from object explorer
- Full report attached to corresponding outbreaks
![NORS outbreaks view](/foodborne-outbreaks/media/images/2024/04/nors-outbreak-1-medium.jpg)
![NORS outbreak entry form](/foodborne-outbreaks/media/images/2024/04/nors-outbreak-2-medium.jpg)
Tools: cluster detection
- Enables users to set easy parameters to find clusters of isolates based on allele codes
- Provides exportable listing of isolates for line list generation
![snapshot of cluster view in sedric](/foodborne-outbreaks/media/images/2024/04/tools-Cluster-detection-1-medium.jpg)
![snapshot of cluster view in sedric](/foodborne-outbreaks/media/images/2024/04/tools-Cluster-Detection-2-medium.jpg)
Tools: allele code/PFGE pattern crosswalk
- Provides a quick comparison of PFGE patterns under an allele code
- Provides a quick comparison of allele codes under a PFGE pattern (or pattern combination)
![Allele code/PFGE snapshot](/foodborne-outbreaks/media/images/2024/04/tools-allele-code-1-medium.jpg)
![Allele code/PFGE snapshot](/foodborne-outbreaks/media/images/2024/04/tools-allele-code-2-medium.jpg)
Tools: pathogen predictor
- Enter percentage of patients with certain symptoms, get back predicted pathogens to help figure out what testing may need completed
![Pathogen predictor view](/foodborne-outbreaks/media/images/2024/04/tools-Pathogen-Predictor-medium.jpg)
Tools: text analysis
- Copy and paste, or type, text to get bar charts of word counts
- Word clouds also available
- Can remove common words from the analysis
![text analysis view](/foodborne-outbreaks/media/images/2024/04/tools-text-analysis-1-medium.jpg)
![Word cloud displaying chicken as the largest word](/foodborne-outbreaks/media/images/2024/04/tools-text-analysis-2-medium.jpg)
Tools: FoodNet calculator
- Use the binomial calculation against the static 2006-2007 FoodNet Population Survey dataset to determine statistical significance of a hypothesized vehicle
![Foodnet calculator view](/foodborne-outbreaks/media/images/2024/04/tools-Foodnet-calculator.jpg)