PMID- 33006301 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210105 LR - 20220915 IS - 1560-7917 (Electronic) IS - 1025-496X (Print) IS - 1025-496X (Linking) VI - 25 IP - 39 DP - 2020 Oct TI - Automated digital reporting of clinical laboratory information to national public health surveillance systems, results of a EU/EEA survey, 2018. LID - 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.39.1900591 [doi] LID - 1900591 AB - BackgroundTimely reporting of microbiology test results is essential for infection management. Automated, machine-to-machine (M2M) reporting of diagnostic and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) data from laboratory information management systems (LIMS) to public health agencies improves timeliness and completeness of communicable disease surveillance.AimWe surveyed microbiology data reporting practices for national surveillance of EU-notifiable diseases in European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries in 2018.MethodsEuropean Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) National Microbiology and Surveillance Focal Points completed a questionnaire on the modalities and scope of clinical microbiology laboratory data reporting.ResultsComplete data were provided for all 30 EU/EEA countries. Clinical laboratories used a LIMS in 28 countries. LIMS data on EU-notifiable diseases and AMR were M2M-reported to the national level in 14 and nine countries, respectively. In the 14 countries, associated demographic data reported allowed the de-duplication of patient reports. In 13 countries, M2M-reported data were used for cluster detection at the national level. M2M laboratory data reporting had been validated against conventional surveillance methods in six countries, and replaced those in five. Barriers to M2M reporting included lack of information technology support and financial incentives.ConclusionM2M-reported laboratory data were used for national public health surveillance and alert purposes in nearly half of the EU/EEA countries in 2018. Reported data on infectious diseases and AMR varied in extent and disease coverage across countries and laboratories. Improving automated laboratory-based surveillance will depend on financial and regulatory incentives, and harmonisation of health information and communication systems. FAU - Leitmeyer, Katrin Claire AU - Leitmeyer KC AD - European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden. FAU - Espinosa, Laura AU - Espinosa L AD - European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden. FAU - Broberg, Eeva Kaarina AU - Broberg EK AD - European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden. FAU - Struelens, Marc Jean AU - Struelens MJ AD - European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden. CN - ECDC National Focal Points laboratory e-reporting survey group members AD - The ECDC National Focal Points laboratory e-reporting survey group members are listed at the end of the article. CN - ECDC National Focal Points laboratory e-reporting survey group LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Sweden TA - Euro Surveill JT - Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin JID - 100887452 SB - IM MH - Antimicrobial Stewardship MH - Clinical Laboratory Services/*statistics & numerical data MH - Disease Notification/*methods MH - *Electronic Health Records MH - Epidemiological Monitoring MH - Europe/epidemiology MH - European Union MH - Humans MH - Information Dissemination MH - Public Health MH - Public Health Surveillance/*methods PMC - PMC7531069 OTO - NOTNLM OT - antimicrobial resistance OT - automated data reporting OT - clinical microbiology testing OT - communicable diseases OT - digital surveillance OT - early-warning OT - electronic laboratory reporting OT - public health surveillance COIS- Conflict of interest: None declared. FIR - Allerberger, Franz IR - Allerberger F FIR - Dupont, Yves IR - Dupont Y FIR - Van Gucht, Steven IR - Van Gucht S FIR - Quoilin, Sophie IR - Quoilin S FIR - Christova, Iva IR - Christova I FIR - Hunjak, Blazenka IR - Hunjak B FIR - Karagiannis, Christos IR - Karagiannis C FIR - Krizova, Pavla IR - Krizova P FIR - Castkova, Jitka IR - Castkova J FIR - Moller Nielsen, Eva IR - Moller Nielsen E FIR - Kahler, Jonas IR - Kahler J FIR - Peetso, Rita IR - Peetso R FIR - Salmenlinna, Saara IR - Salmenlinna S FIR - Mottonen, Teemu IR - Mottonen T FIR - Coignard, Bruno IR - Coignard B FIR - Diercke, Michaela IR - Diercke M FIR - Vatopoulos, Alkiviadis IR - Vatopoulos A FIR - Toth, Akos IR - Toth A FIR - Kristinsson, Karl Gustaf IR - Kristinsson KG FIR - McNamara, Eleanor IR - McNamara E FIR - Pantosi, Annalisa IR - Pantosi A FIR - Mavcutko, Violeta IR - Mavcutko V FIR - Griskevicius, Algirdas IR - Griskevicius A FIR - Mossong, Joel IR - Mossong J FIR - Barbara, Christopher IR - Barbara C FIR - Kortbeek, Titia IR - Kortbeek T FIR - Caugant, Dominique IR - Caugant D FIR - Dahle, Ulf IR - Dahle U FIR - Vold, Line IR - Vold L FIR - Skoczynska, Anna IR - Skoczynska A FIR - Machado, Jorge IR - Machado J FIR - Ionescu, Gabriel IR - Ionescu G FIR - Madarova, Lucia IR - Madarova L FIR - Avdicova, Maria IR - Avdicova M FIR - Paragi, Metka IR - Paragi M FIR - Moreno Vazquez, Julio IR - Moreno Vazquez J FIR - Tegmark Wisell, Karin IR - Tegmark Wisell K FIR - Zambon, Maria IR - Zambon M EDAT- 2020/10/03 06:00 MHDA- 2021/01/06 06:00 PMCR- 2020/10/01 CRDT- 2020/10/02 08:35 PHST- 2020/10/02 08:35 [entrez] PHST- 2020/10/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/01/06 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1900591 [pii] AID - 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.39.1900591 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Euro Surveill. 2020 Oct;25(39):1900591. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.39.1900591.