Diercke Michaela, Claus Hermann, Rexroth Ute, Hamouda Osamah
ÖGD-Kontaktstelle: Fachgebiet Surveillance, Abteilung 3 - Infektionsepidemiologie, Robert Koch-Institut, Seestraße 10, 13353, Berlin, Deutschland.
Fachgebiet Infektionsepidemiologische Fach-IT und Anwendungsentwicklung, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Deutschland.
Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz. 2021 Apr;64(4):388-394. doi: 10.1007/s00103-021-03298-w. Epub 2021 Apr 13.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic the routine surveillance system for infectious diseases had to be adapted. The disease was unknown before the first cases were reported under a catch-all notification requirement for new and threatening pathogens and diseases, but specific notification requirements for SARS-CoV‑2 detection by laboratories as well as for suspect cases of COVID-19 diagnosed by physicians were soon integrated in the infectious diseases protection act. This article describes how the notification system for infectious diseases was adapted in 2020 to meet the requirements of the COVID-19 pandemic.In addition to the notification requirements, the list of data that is collected through the notification system was also amended. To facilitate the work of laboratories and local health authorities we have established the possibility for electronic reporting.Additionally, the software used for case and contact management within the local health authorities had to be adapted accordingly.COVID-19 notification data is important for the assessment of the current epidemiological situation and daily updated data was published by the Robert Koch Institute. To ensure timely data and good data quality, the IT infrastructure within the public health system has to be further modernized and the electronic notification system should be further strengthened.
为应对新冠疫情，传染病常规监测系统不得不进行调整。在根据针对新出现的有威胁的病原体和疾病的全面通报要求报告首例病例之前，这种疾病并不为人所知，但实验室检测严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2）以及医生诊断新冠疑似病例的具体通报要求很快就被纳入了《传染病防治法》。本文描述了2020年传染病通报系统是如何调整以满足新冠疫情需求的。除了通报要求外，通过通报系统收集的数据清单也进行了修订。为方便实验室和地方卫生当局的工作，我们建立了电子报告渠道。此外，地方卫生当局用于病例和接触者管理的软件也必须相应调整。新冠通报数据对于评估当前的流行病学形势很重要，且德国罗伯特·科赫研究所每天都会发布更新数据。为确保数据及时且质量良好，公共卫生系统内的信息技术基础设施必须进一步现代化，电子通报系统也应进一步加强。
