National Institute of Public Health - National Institute of Hygiene, Department of Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases and Surveillance.
National Institute of Public Health - National Institute of Hygiene, Department of Environmental Health and Safety.
Przegl Epidemiol. 2020;74(3):416-431. doi: 10.32394/pe.74.35.
The new SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2) coronavirus causing acute respiratory disease COVID-19 (2019 coronavirus disease) detected in China in 2019 very quickly revealed its epidemic potential and was recognized as a global health problem. The situation caused by the rapidly increasing number of new cases and deaths due to COVID-19 required the rapid development of international recommendations and procedures to limit the spread of infections and ongoing monitoring of the epidemiological situation. In the field of epidemiological surveillance of COVID-19 cases, international organizations - WHO and regionally ECDC, have developed basic requirements for reporting data on newly detected cases of infection. In order to ensure the possibility of reporting new cases and activities undertaken by sanitary-epidemiological services in the country and to fulfill the obligation to report data to the European surveillance network, it was necessary to adapt the electronic system supporting epidemiological surveillance operations, for registration of suspected and confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 infections. This work presents the characteristics of the new COVID-19 module created as part of the central Epidemiological Case Reporting System and a preliminary evaluation of its usefulness for the purposes of combating COVID-19. CONCLUSIONS. The Epidemiological Case Reporting System is an efficient and adequate tool that can be adapted to newly emerging threats. In order to use the module to monitor the current epidemiological situation, it is necessary to integrate it with other systems collecting data about COVID-19 patients - ie. EWP and the clinical patient register.
2019 年在中国发现的新型严重急性呼吸系统综合征冠状病毒 2 型（SARS-CoV-2）冠状病毒引起的急性呼吸道疾病 COVID-19（2019 年冠状病毒病）很快显示出其流行潜力，并被认为是一个全球性的健康问题。由于 COVID-19 导致的新病例和死亡人数的迅速增加，需要迅速制定国际建议和程序，以限制感染的传播，并对流行病学情况进行持续监测。在 COVID-19 病例的流行病学监测领域，国际组织——世界卫生组织和区域欧洲疾病预防控制中心制定了报告新发现感染病例数据的基本要求。为了确保报告新病例的可能性以及国内卫生和流行病学服务部门的活动，并履行向欧洲监测网络报告数据的义务，有必要调整支持流行病学监测操作的电子系统，以登记疑似和确诊的 SARS-CoV-2 感染病例。这项工作介绍了作为中央流行病学病例报告系统一部分创建的新 COVID-19 模块的特点，并对其在抗击 COVID-19 方面的有用性进行了初步评估。结论。流行病学病例报告系统是一种高效和充分的工具，可以适应新出现的威胁。为了使用该模块监测当前的流行病学情况，有必要将其与收集有关 COVID-19 患者的数据的其他系统集成，即 EWP 和临床患者登记册。
