PMID: 29770009Apr 7, 2016Paper

Evaluation of the Enhanced Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Surveillance System (eIPDSS) Pilot Project

Canada Communicable Disease Report = Relevé Des Maladies Transmissibles Au Canada
S WijayasriS Mukhi

Abstract

Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) causes significant morbidity in Canada, yet even with routine surveillance, it is difficult to interpret current IPD trends in serotype distribution and antimicrobial resistance. The enhanced Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Surveillance System (eIPDSS) pilot project was designed to facilitate a better understanding of IPD trends at the national level by linking epidemiologic and laboratory (epi-lab) data. To evaluate the eIPDSS by assessing five attributes (usefulness, data quality, simplicity, acceptability and timeliness) and to develop recommendations for future national IPD surveillance. An evaluation was developed that assessed the five key attributes through a qualitative survey sent to eight eIPDSS users as well as a quantitative analysis of the eIPDSS database. Recommendations were based on the results of both the survey and the analysis. The response rate to the survey was 100%. The majority of the survey respondents found the eIPDSS to be useful (75%), simple (100%) and acceptable (86%). Analysis of the eIPDSS database revealed that the majority of IPD cases (61%) were assessed as timely. Data quality and data management mechanisms were identified as issues by both survey respondents ...Continue Reading

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