针对SARS-CoV-2废水数据的在线仪表板需要标准的最佳实践:环境健康沟通议程
Colleen C Naughton1, Rochelle H Holm2, Nancy J Lin3
1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California Merced, Merced, CA 95343, USA.
Journal of water and health
|May 31, 2023
概括
对SARS-CoV-2的废水监测是有价值的,但不一致的仪表板展示妨碍了有效的公共卫生沟通. 协调数据可视化和标准对于准确的风险评估和防止错误沟通至关重要.
科学领域:
- 环境科学环境科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 传染病流行病学 传染病流行病学
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19的流行,废水监测的实用性得到了强调,作为监测公共健康的临床数据的补充.
- 开发了许多独立的在线仪表板,以传播环境监测数据,在数据解释和比较方面提出了挑战.
结论:
- 协调数据呈现公约,标准和最佳实践对于改善废水监测的科学沟通至关重要.
- 标准化将加强环境监测数据的有效使用,用于公共卫生决策和风险沟通.
- 采用统一标准可以减轻潜在的误解,并改善基于废水的流行病学的整体影响.
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