支持公共卫生废水监测持久能力的标准:我们在哪里?
Stephanie L Servetas1, Kirsten H Parratt1, Nichole E Brinkman2
1National Institute of Standards and Technology, Biosystems and Biomaterials Division, 100 Bureau Dr, Gaithersburg, MD, USA.
Case studies in chemical and environmental engineering
|July 31, 2023
概括
标准化废水监测 (WWS) 实践对于可操作的公共卫生数据至关重要. 这包括制定采样,测试和数据报告的共同协议,以确保可靠的传染病监测.
科学领域:
- 环境微生物学环境微生物学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 分子流行病学分子流行病学
背景情况:
- COVID-19 流行病暴露了传染病监测系统的局限性.
- 使用基于PCR的污水测试检测SARS-CoV-2的废水监测 (WWS) 提出了新的机遇和挑战.
- 标准化WWS实践对于生成可操作的公共卫生数据至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 审查当前的WWS实践,包括采样,测试和数据解释.
- 确定在全国范围内标准化WWS协议和实践的机会.
- 讨论WWS的文档标准和参考材料的开发,特别是在SARS-CoV-2监测方面.
主要方法:
- 召开了一场与学术,联邦和行业利益相关方的研讨会.
- 审查了国家WWS采样协议,分析方法和数据解释方法.
- 讨论了采样,分析方法和数据报告的标准化机会.
主要成果:
- 确定了跨设施和管辖区的结果的可比性作为一个关键挑战.
- 对采样实践的推文档标准.
- 突出了对分析方法的参考材料 (例如PCR标准,回收控制) 的需求.
- 强调建立最小的元数据,词汇和标准化数据报告单位.
结论:
- 在WWS中的标准化对于生成可比和可操作的公共卫生数据至关重要.
- 文档标准,参考材料和标准化数据报告是开发的关键领域.
- 废水监测是监测当前和未来公共卫生威胁的宝贵平台,需要持续的跨部门合作.
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