Development and Evaluation of Surveillance System for Identifying Jail-Associated COVID-19 Cases in Minnesota, USA, 2022

Confinement facilities are high-risk settings for the spread of infectious disease, necessitating timely surveillance to inform public health action. To identify jail-associated COVID-19 cases from electronic laboratory reports maintained in the Minnesota Electronic Disease Surveillance System (MEDSS), Minnesota, USA, the Minnesota Department of Health developed a surveillance system that used keyword and address matching (KAM). The KAM system used a SAS program (SAS Institute Inc., https://www.sas.com) and an automated program within MEDSS to identify confinement keywords and addresses. To evaluate KAM, we matched jail booking data from the Minnesota Statewide Supervision System by full name and birthdate to the MEDSS records of adults with COVID-19 for 2022. The KAM system identified 2,212 cases in persons detained in jail; sensitivity was 92.40% and specificity was 99.95%. The success of KAM demonstrates its potential to be applied to other diseases and congregate-living settings for real-time surveillance without added reporting burden.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

Enthalten in:

Emerging infectious diseases - 30(2024), 13 vom: 01. Apr., Seite S28-S35

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Porter, Leah J [VerfasserIn]
Rapheal, Erica [VerfasserIn]
Huebsch, Rebecca [VerfasserIn]
Bastian, Tiana [VerfasserIn]
Robinson, Trisha J [VerfasserIn]
Chakoian, Hanna [VerfasserIn]
Martin, Karen G [VerfasserIn]
Zipprich, Jennifer [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

2019 novel coronavirus disease
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease
Correctional facilities
Electronic health records
Electronic laboratory reports
Jails
Journal Article
Minnesota
Public health surveillance
Residential facilities
Respiratory infections
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
United States
Viruses
Zoonoses

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 03.04.2024

Date Revised 04.04.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3201/eid3013.230719

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370511409