The European Surveillance System (TESSy) is a highly flexible metadata-driven system for collection, validation, cleaning, analysis and dissemination of data. Its key aims are data analysis and production of outputs for public health action. All European Union Member States (28) and EEA countries (3) report their available data on communicable diseases (49) as described in Decision No 2119/98/EC to the system.
Apart from routine surveillance, TESSy has replaced the data collection systems in place for the Dedicated Surveillance Networks (DSNs) to provide experts with a one-stop-shop for European Union surveillance data.
TESSy includes:
- BSN Basic Surveillance Network;
- EISS European Influenza Surveillance Network;
- Enter- net International Surveillance Network for the Enteric Infections Salmonella, Campylobacter and VTEC O15;
- ENIVD Network for Diagnostics of "Imported" Viral Diseases (ENIVD;
- ESSTI European Network for STI Surveillance;
- EU-IBIS European Invasive Bacterial Diseases Surveillance Network;
- EuroHIV European HIV/AIDS Surveillance Network;
- EuroTB European Tuberculosis Surveillance Network;
- EARSS European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network;
- IPSE Improving Patient Safety in Europe (hospital acquired infections;
- DIPNET European Diphtheria Surveillance Network;
- EWGLINET European Legionnaires’ Disease Surveillance Network;
- ESAC Surveillance or Antimicrobial Consumption;
- EUVACNET European Surveillance Network for Vaccine Preventable Disease;
- EuroCJD European CreutzfeldJakob Disease Surveillance.
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Link to European IC/HH Core Competencies
Area 3. Surveillance and investigation of healthcare associated infection (HAI)
References
http://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/surveillance/TESSy/Pages/TESSy.aspx
Decision No 2119/98/EC available from
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2007:344:0048:0049:EN:PDF
