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Public health departments can now detect infectious disease outbreaks faster using SaTScan software. This tutorial guides staff in designing and fine-tuning outbreak detection systems for improved public health surveillance.

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Area of Science:

  • Epidemiology
  • Public Health Surveillance
  • Biostatistics

Background:

  • Public health departments lack sufficient training materials for designing infectious disease outbreak detection systems.
  • Daily analysis of reportable diseases using SaTScan has been ongoing since 2014.
  • SaTScan software detects disease activity using scan statistics without pre-defined parameters.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide a comprehensive tutorial for designing and fine-tuning SaTScan systems for communicable disease outbreak detection.
  • To guide public health staff in utilizing SaTScan for rapid detection and response to localized outbreaks.
  • To enhance health equity in outbreak detection by minimizing exclusions and accounting for access to care.

Main Methods:

  • Detailed system design considerations for SaTScan, including data aggregation, inclusion criteria, and spatial/temporal parameters.
  • Exploration of health equity considerations, such as minimizing analytic exclusions and adjusting for access to care.
  • Demonstration of low-code techniques for automated analysis and result interpretation using SaTScan version 10.1 features.

Main Results:

  • The Bureau of Communicable Disease has successfully detected outbreaks of salmonellosis, legionellosis, shigellosis, and COVID-19 using SaTScan.
  • The tutorial addresses system fine-tuning for issues like large clusters, delayed signals, or false positives.
  • New SaTScan v10.1 features facilitate automated analysis and intuitive result interpretation.

Conclusions:

  • This tutorial is the first comprehensive resource for health department staff to design and maintain SaTScan-based outbreak detection systems.
  • Implementing these recommendations can catalyze field investigations and improve outbreak response.
  • The methods are generalizable to various jurisdictions, with potential benefits for state, tribal, local, and territorial public health departments.