Y2K Millennium Bug
CDC and ATSDR Year 2000 Preparations Announced
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, April 12th, 1999
The scope of the Year 2000 (Y2K) issue spans all sectors of the economy: public and private businesses, organizations, and other elements of daily life affected by information technology and other devices that contain date-sensitive embedded microchips.
Among potentially affected services are the practice of health care and public health, which is responsible for preventing disease, environmental hazards, and injuries.
Achieving Year 2000 compliance is a top priority for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for...
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