Building upon the institutions' existing data management software, all steps to use those data for the purposes of syndromic surveillance were set up using open source software; as a result this approach could be readily adopted by other institutions.
Data management: The first step through the development of this toolbox has been to identify the bottlenecks within the SFEM analysis.
Smith and Firth [ 30] incorporate Richie and Spencer's five framework stages into three key steps: data management, descriptive accounts and explanatory accounts.
These steps and data management are found helpful in Indonesia and this experience may be useful for other countries having similar impediment.
MMA was the principal statisticians who supervised all steps of data management, data analysis and drafted the manuscript.
The Information and Mathematical Sciences group, to which I belong, is involved in the critical step of data management, integration, and analysis.
Some programs provided documentation of steps in the data management process, but these generally did not include clear guidance on procedures for collection, aggregation, and manipulation of the data.
Thus, data management has now become the first essential step to making large scale molecular profiling a viable proposition.
All following steps in processing, storing and data management of the samples are linked to this unique number.
Thus, while the need is widely perceived, the commitment and steps necessary to implement effective data management solutions and practices are rarely adopted.
