Data quality assessment of the Enhanced Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (EGASP), Thailand, 2015-2021.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Quality assessments of gonococcal surveillance data are critical to improve data validity and to enhance the value of surveillance findings. Detecting data errors by systematic audits identifies areas for quality improvement. We designed and implemented an internal audit process to evaluate the accuracy and completeness of surveillance data for the Thailand Enhanced Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (EGASP).

Methods

We conducted a data quality audit of source records by comparison with the data stored in the EGASP database for five audit cycles from 2015-2021. Ten percent of culture-confirmed cases of Neisseria gonorrhoeae were randomly sampled along with any cases identified with elevated antimicrobial susceptibility testing results and cases with r

SUBMITTER: Tongtoyai J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11226028 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature