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adjective abeyant, about to be, approaching, arranged, awaited, close at hand, coming, conceivable, considered, destined, earmarked, eventual, expectant, expected, foreseen, forthcoming, future, hoped for, imaginable, immediate, impending, in prospect, in store, in view, intended, likely, looked for, looming, on the horizon, planned, potential, preparing, projected, promised, scheduled, soon to be, soon to happen, subsequent, to be, to come, ultimate, upcoming
Associated concepts: prospective contract, prospective liaailities, prospective relief, prospective rights
Foreign phrases: Nova constitutio futuris formam immonere debet non praeteritis.A new law ought to affect the future, not what is past. Lex prospicit, non respicit. The law looks forward, not backward.
See also: apparent, forthcoming, future, immediate, imminent, pending, presumptive, proximate

LAW, PROSPECTIVE. One which provides for, and regulates the future acts of men, and does not interfere in any way with what has past.

PROSPECTIVE. That which is applicable to the future; it is used in opposition to retrospective. To be just, a law ought always to be prospective. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 116.

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During the 1993-94 influenza season, prospective surveillance was in place from November 15, 1993, through March 18, 1994.
Outbreaks of influenza A and B in a highly immunized nursing home population
This prospective surveillance identified six neonates who were colonized with MRSA at birth (two were transfers).
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If public health decisions are to be made on the basis of prospective surveillance, these systems must be improved to reflect real-time or near real-time reporting and analysis.
Effects of school closures, 2008 winter influenza season, Hong Kong
Continuous prospective surveillance for antimicrobial resistance in pneumococci is needed to determine whether increases in fluoroquinolone resistance will occur in the United States.
Resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae to Fluoroquinolones -- United States, 1995-1999
They also justify prospective surveillance to better define epidemiology and clinical findings associated with these viruses.
Influenza A and B infection in children in urban slum, Bangladesh
The registry was established as a prospective surveillance project to monitor isolated episodes of potential HIV exposures through sexual activity, injecting-drug use, and other nonoccupational events.
Opening of Nonoccupational HIV Postexposure Prophylaxis Registry
A prospective surveillance program for influenza viruses was established in Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) in July of 2005.
H5N1 influenza viruses in Lao People's Democratic Republic
The HIV PEP Registry was established in October1996 as a prospective surveillance project to monitor adverse events associated with HIV PEP in HCWs after occupational HIV exposures.
HIV Postexposure Prophylaxis Registry Closing
Prospective surveillance was conducted for influenza, with an emphasis on diagnosis, treatment, and prevention, during the 2002 Winter Olympics/Paralympic Games.
Influenza, Winter Olympiad, 2002
Prospective surveillance for nosecomial group A streptococcal infections in Ontario: do single cases warrant an investigation?
Nosocomial Group A Streptococcal Infections Associated with Asymptomatic Health-Care Workers -- Maryland and California, 1997
We defined the positive predictive value of routine prospective surveillance to be 100%.
Enhanced identification of postoperative infections among inpatients
On August 6, active prospective surveillance was implemented for acute respiratory illnesses (ARI), including influenza-like illness (ILI) and associated pneumonia, in 12 hospitals and clinics in Alaska and the Yukon Territory, a clinic in Seattle and a hospital in Vancouver, and 17 commercial cruise ships touring the region.
Update: Outbreak of Influenza A Infection -- Alaska and the Yukon Territory, July-August 1998

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