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Volume 23, Number 4—April 2017
Synopsis

Implementation and Initial Analysis of a Laboratory-Based Weekly Biosurveillance System, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France

Michael HuartComments to Author , Gabriel Bedubourg, Cédric Abat, Philippe Colson, Jean Marc Rolain, Hervé Chaudet, Pierre Edouard Fournier, Didier Raoult, and Xavier Deparis
Author affiliations: Centre d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique des Armées, Marseille, France (M. Huart, G. Bedubourg, X. Deparis); Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille (M. Huart, C. Abat, P. Colson, J.M. Rolain, H. Chaudet, P.E. Fournier, D. Raoult); Fondation Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée Infection–Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, Marseille (M. Huart, C. Abat, P. Colson, J.M. Rolain, P.E. Fournier, D. Raoult); Sciences Economiques et Sociales de la Santé et Traitement de l’Information Médicale, Aix Marseille Université, Marseille (M. Huart, C. Abat, P. Colson, J.M. Rolain, P.E. Fournier, D. Raoult)

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Figure 2

Flow diagram of all epidemiologic surveillance systems implemented by the Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditérannée Infection, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, France. ARS, Agence Régionale de Santé (Regional Health Agency); BALYSES, Bacterial Real-Time Laboratory-Based Surveillance System; CDS, Centre de Santé (Health Center); CHG, Centre Hospitalier Général (General Hospital Center); CHU, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (Central University Hospital); CLIN, Comité de Lutte contre

Figure 2. Flow diagram of all epidemiologic surveillance systems implemented by the Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditérannée Infection, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille, France. ARS, Agence Régionale de Santé (Regional Health Agency); BALYSES, Bacterial Real-Time Laboratory-Based Surveillance System; CDS, Centre de Santé (Health Center); CHG, Centre Hospitalier Général (General Hospital Center); CHU, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (Central University Hospital); CLIN, Comité de Lutte contre les Infections Nosocomiales (Committee for the Fight Against Nosocomial Infections); DGS, Direction Générale de la Santé (Directorate General for Health); EPIMIC, Epidemiologic Surveillance and Alert Based on Microbiological Data; IHU/AP-HM, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire/Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille; INVS, Institut Nationale de Veille Sanitaire (National Institute for Public Health Surveillance); LABM, Laboratoire de Biologie Médicale (Medical Laboratory); MARSS, Marseille Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance System; PACASurvE, Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur Surveillance Epidemiologic System. Diagram is based on the workflow described by Abat et Al. 2013 (10).

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