Hospital coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health reporting: Lessons from validation of an automated surveillance tool to facilitate data collection.

Autor: Gamage SD; National Infectious Diseases Service, Specialty Care Services, Veterans Health Administration, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC.; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio., Evans ME; National Infectious Diseases Service, Specialty Care Services, Veterans Health Administration, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC.; Lexington Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System, Lexington, Kentucky.; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky School of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky., McCauley BP; National Infectious Diseases Service, Specialty Care Services, Veterans Health Administration, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC., Lipscomb KR; National Infectious Diseases Service, Specialty Care Services, Veterans Health Administration, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC., Flarida L; National Infectious Diseases Service, Specialty Care Services, Veterans Health Administration, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC., Jones MM; VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System, Salt Lake City, Utah.; Divison of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah., Baza M; VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System, Salt Lake City, Utah.; Divison of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah., Barraza J; VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System, Salt Lake City, Utah.; Divison of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah., Simbartl LA; National Infectious Diseases Service, Specialty Care Services, Veterans Health Administration, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC., Roselle GA; National Infectious Diseases Service, Specialty Care Services, Veterans Health Administration, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC.; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.; Cincinnati VA Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Infection control and hospital epidemiology [Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol] 2023 May; Vol. 44 (5), pp. 802-804. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Mar 30.
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2022.55
Abstrakt: A comparison of computer-extracted and facility-reported counts of hospitalized coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients for public health reporting at 36 hospitals revealed 42% of days with matching counts between the data sources. Miscategorization of suspect cases was a primary driver of discordance. Clear reporting definitions and data validation facilitate emerging disease surveillance.
Databáze: MEDLINE