[Microbiological Surveillance Network in the Valencian community]. / Red de Vigilancia Microbiológica de la Comunidad Valenciana (RedMIVA).

BACKGROUND: Computerization of microbiological laboratories generates an enormous amount of data that has not been fully exploited due to the heterogeneity of the information systems used. The aim of this paper is to present the Microbiological Surveillance Network of the Valencian Community, which provides real-time detection of circulating microorganisms and resistance patterns, and enables microbiological surveillance in the public health setting. METHODS AND RESULTS: We describe the Microbiological Surveillance Network of the Valencian Community, an information system that gathers, analyzes and disseminates the results of microbiological testing to health professionals in our setting. CONCLUSION: Development of the Microbiological Surveillance Network has made available a centralized system with the results from all the microbiological analyses performed in hospital laboratories of the Valencian Community. This effort provides valuable information for public health, and for studies in research and quality. In addition, it demonstrates the important role of microbiology within the field of medicine and public health.

Red de Vigilancia Microbiológica de la Comunidad Valenciana (RedMIVA) / Microbiological surveillance network in the Valencian Community

Antecedentes. La informatización de los servicios y unidades de microbiología clínica genera una enorme cantidad de datos hasta ahora infrautilizados por la heterogeneidad de sistemas de información. El objetivo de este trabajo es dar a conocer la Red de Vigilancia Microbiológica de la Comunidad Valenciana (RedMIVA), sistema de información que permite detectar en tiempo real la circulación de microorganismos, patrones de resistencia y realizar la vigilancia microbiológica en salud pública. Métodos y resultados. Descripción de la RedMIVA, un sistema de información que recoge los resultados de los servicios y unidades de microbiología clínica, los analiza y difunde la información a los profesionales sanitarios. Conclusión. La creación de la RedMIVA ha supuesto la disponibilidad de un sistema centralizado con los resultados de todos los análisis microbiológicos realizados en los laboratorios de los hospitales de la Agencia Valenciana de Salud, lo cual ha generado una información valiosísima para la salud pública, para la realización de estudios de investigación y de calidad y, en definitiva, para mostrar el papel relevante que desempeña la microbiología en el campo de la medicina y la salud pública (AU)

Background. Computerization of microbiological laboratories generates an enormous amount of data that has not been fully exploited due to the heterogeneity of the information systems used. The aim of this paper is to present the Microbiological Surveillance Network of the Valencian Community, which provides real-time detection of circulating microorganisms and resistance patterns, and enables microbiological surveillance in the public health setting. Methods and results. We describe the Microbiological Surveillance Network of the Valencian Community, an information system that gathers, analyzes and disseminates the results of microbiological testing to health professionals in our setting. Conclusion. Development of the Microbiological Surveillance Network has made available a centralized system with the results from all the microbiological analyses performed in hospital laboratories of the Valencian Community. This effort provides valuable information for public health, and for studies in research and quality. In addition, it demonstrates the important role of microbiology within the field of medicine and public health (AU)