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Improving the management and security of COVID 19 diagnostic test data with a digital platform in resource-limited settings: The case of PlaCARD in Cameroon

During the COVID 19 pandemic, round-the-clock demand for COVID -19 laboratory tests exceeded capacity, placing a significant burden on laboratory staff and infrastructure. The use of laboratory information management systems (LIMS) to streamline all phases of laboratory testing (preanalytical, analy...

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Autores principales: Tchatchueng-Mbougua, Jules Brice, Messanga Essengue, Loique Landry, Septoh Yuya, Francis Jaudel, Kamtchogom, Vanessa, Hamadou, Achta, Sadeuh-Mbah, Serge Alain, Tagnouokam-Ngoupo, Paul Alain, Tchuente, Maurice, Njouom, Richard, Eyangoh, Sara, Tejiokem, Mathurin Cyrille
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9931268/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36812594
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000113
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author Tchatchueng-Mbougua, Jules Brice
Messanga Essengue, Loique Landry
Septoh Yuya, Francis Jaudel
Kamtchogom, Vanessa
Hamadou, Achta
Sadeuh-Mbah, Serge Alain
Tagnouokam-Ngoupo, Paul Alain
Tchuente, Maurice
Njouom, Richard
Eyangoh, Sara
Tejiokem, Mathurin Cyrille
author_facet Tchatchueng-Mbougua, Jules Brice
Messanga Essengue, Loique Landry
Septoh Yuya, Francis Jaudel
Kamtchogom, Vanessa
Hamadou, Achta
Sadeuh-Mbah, Serge Alain
Tagnouokam-Ngoupo, Paul Alain
Tchuente, Maurice
Njouom, Richard
Eyangoh, Sara
Tejiokem, Mathurin Cyrille
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description During the COVID 19 pandemic, round-the-clock demand for COVID -19 laboratory tests exceeded capacity, placing a significant burden on laboratory staff and infrastructure. The use of laboratory information management systems (LIMS) to streamline all phases of laboratory testing (preanalytical, analytical, and postanalytical) has become inevitable. The objective of this study is to describe the architecture, implementation, and requirements of PlaCARD, a software platform for managing patient registration, medical specimens, and diagnostic data flow, as well as reporting and authentication of diagnostic results during the 2019 coronavirus pandemic (COVID -19) in Cameroon. Building on its experience with biosurveillance, CPC developed an open-source, real-time digital health platform with web and mobile applications called PlaCARD to improve the efficiency and timing of disease-related interventions. PlaCARD was quickly adapted to the decentralization strategy of the COVID 19 testing in Cameroon and, after specific user training, was deployed in all COVID 19 diagnostic laboratories and the regional emergency operations center. Overall, 71% of samples tested for COVID 19 by molecular diagnostics in Cameroon from 05 March 2020 to 31 October 2021 were entered into PlaCARD. The median turnaround time for providing results was 2 days [0–2.3] before April 2021 and decreased to 1 day [1– 1] after the introduction of SMS result notification in PlaCARD. The integration of LIMS and workflow management into a single comprehensive software platform (PlaCARD) has strengthened COVID 19 surveillance capabilities in Cameroon. PlaCARD has demonstrated that it can be used as a LIMS for managing and securing test data during an outbreak.
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spelling pubmed-99312682023-02-16 Improving the management and security of COVID 19 diagnostic test data with a digital platform in resource-limited settings: The case of PlaCARD in Cameroon Tchatchueng-Mbougua, Jules Brice Messanga Essengue, Loique Landry Septoh Yuya, Francis Jaudel Kamtchogom, Vanessa Hamadou, Achta Sadeuh-Mbah, Serge Alain Tagnouokam-Ngoupo, Paul Alain Tchuente, Maurice Njouom, Richard Eyangoh, Sara Tejiokem, Mathurin Cyrille PLOS Digit Health Research Article During the COVID 19 pandemic, round-the-clock demand for COVID -19 laboratory tests exceeded capacity, placing a significant burden on laboratory staff and infrastructure. The use of laboratory information management systems (LIMS) to streamline all phases of laboratory testing (preanalytical, analytical, and postanalytical) has become inevitable. The objective of this study is to describe the architecture, implementation, and requirements of PlaCARD, a software platform for managing patient registration, medical specimens, and diagnostic data flow, as well as reporting and authentication of diagnostic results during the 2019 coronavirus pandemic (COVID -19) in Cameroon. Building on its experience with biosurveillance, CPC developed an open-source, real-time digital health platform with web and mobile applications called PlaCARD to improve the efficiency and timing of disease-related interventions. PlaCARD was quickly adapted to the decentralization strategy of the COVID 19 testing in Cameroon and, after specific user training, was deployed in all COVID 19 diagnostic laboratories and the regional emergency operations center. Overall, 71% of samples tested for COVID 19 by molecular diagnostics in Cameroon from 05 March 2020 to 31 October 2021 were entered into PlaCARD. The median turnaround time for providing results was 2 days [0–2.3] before April 2021 and decreased to 1 day [1– 1] after the introduction of SMS result notification in PlaCARD. The integration of LIMS and workflow management into a single comprehensive software platform (PlaCARD) has strengthened COVID 19 surveillance capabilities in Cameroon. PlaCARD has demonstrated that it can be used as a LIMS for managing and securing test data during an outbreak. Public Library of Science 2022-10-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9931268/ /pubmed/36812594 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000113 Text en © 2022 Tchatchueng-Mbougua et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Messanga Essengue, Loique Landry
Septoh Yuya, Francis Jaudel
Kamtchogom, Vanessa
Hamadou, Achta
Sadeuh-Mbah, Serge Alain
Tagnouokam-Ngoupo, Paul Alain
Tchuente, Maurice
Njouom, Richard
Eyangoh, Sara
Tejiokem, Mathurin Cyrille
Improving the management and security of COVID 19 diagnostic test data with a digital platform in resource-limited settings: The case of PlaCARD in Cameroon
title Improving the management and security of COVID 19 diagnostic test data with a digital platform in resource-limited settings: The case of PlaCARD in Cameroon
title_full Improving the management and security of COVID 19 diagnostic test data with a digital platform in resource-limited settings: The case of PlaCARD in Cameroon
title_fullStr Improving the management and security of COVID 19 diagnostic test data with a digital platform in resource-limited settings: The case of PlaCARD in Cameroon
title_full_unstemmed Improving the management and security of COVID 19 diagnostic test data with a digital platform in resource-limited settings: The case of PlaCARD in Cameroon
title_short Improving the management and security of COVID 19 diagnostic test data with a digital platform in resource-limited settings: The case of PlaCARD in Cameroon
title_sort improving the management and security of covid 19 diagnostic test data with a digital platform in resource-limited settings: the case of placard in cameroon
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9931268/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36812594
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000113
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