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  • Public Health
  • Epidemiology
  • Infectious Disease Surveillance

Background:

  • Lack of standardized reporting for infectious disease outbreaks hinders public understanding and response.
  • Effective public health communication during epidemics requires clear, consistent data dissemination.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop consensus-based recommendations for essential epidemiological information to be reported to the public during infectious disease outbreaks.
  • To establish a minimum standard for public reporting of outbreak data.

Main Methods:

  • A Delphi consensus study was conducted following the ACcurate COnsensus Reporting Document (ACCORD) guidelines.
  • A steering committee and a panel of 45 public health experts engaged in multiple rounds of voting and a hybrid consensus meeting.
  • The study involved iterative refinement of reporting items through expert consensus.

Main Results:

  • Nine core reporting items were identified as a minimum standard for public outbreak reporting.
  • These items include weekly reporting of new and cumulative confirmed cases, hospital admissions, and deaths.
  • Data should be stratified by sex, age group, and race/ethnicity, and reported at Administrative Level 1.

Conclusions:

  • The established minimum reporting standard provides a framework for uniform sharing of outbreak information.
  • Consistency in data reporting across jurisdictions is promoted, enabling more effective epidemic response.
  • Improved public access to outbreak information is facilitated by standardized reporting.