Uter W, Schnuch A, Geier J, Frosch P J
IVDK-Center/Department of Dermatology, University of Göttingen, von Siebold Str. 3, D-37075 Göttingen, Germany.
Eur J Dermatol. 1998 Jan-Feb;8(1):36-40.
In 1988, the multicenter project "Information Network of Departments of Dermatology (IVDK)", including eight university skin hospitals was founded. It now comprises 30 participating centers. At these centers, all patch test results are recorded, together with important anamnestic details and, twice a year, these are sent to the data center at the Göttingen University Skin Hospital. Regular, descriptive analyses of data collected by this epidemiological surveillance system serve the different purposes discussed in this paper: 1) observation of "sentinel events"; e.g. an increase in the proportion of patients tested who were sensitized to a certain allergen, or the identification of certain subgroups at particular risk as a starting point for further research or preventive action, and 2) advancement of good clinical practice in patch testing. In October 1996, a working group of the European Society of Contact Dermatitis (ESCD) called the "European Surveillance System on Contact Allergies (ESSCA)" was established with a similar aim of communal data collection and analysis.
1988年，一个包括八所大学皮肤病医院的多中心项目“皮肤病科信息网络（IVDK）”成立。现在它由30个参与中心组成。在这些中心，所有斑贴试验结果都被记录下来，连同重要的既往史细节，并且每年两次将这些信息发送到哥廷根大学皮肤病医院的数据中心。对这个流行病学监测系统收集的数据进行定期的描述性分析服务于本文讨论的不同目的：1）观察“哨兵事件”；例如，对某种变应原致敏的受试患者比例增加，或者识别特定风险的某些亚组，作为进一步研究或预防行动的起点，以及2）推进斑贴试验的良好临床实践。1996年10月，欧洲接触性皮炎学会（ESCD）的一个工作组成立了“欧洲接触性过敏监测系统（ESSCA）”，其目标是进行类似的公共数据收集和分析。
