Fig 1.
District of residence for suspected Lassa fever case screenings at Kenema Government Hospital, 2008–2016.
District of residence was available for 44.1% (1,866/4,229) of the screened study subjects. Regions with the highest observed Lassa fever screenings were the Districts of Kenema (n = 1,410), Bo (n = 204), and Kailahun (n = 120).
Table 1.
Lassa fever suspected case definition.
Fig 2.
Data flow at Kenema Government Hospital Lassa Ward.
The conceptual framework for data flow processes spanned patient triaging, pre-admission clinical evaluation, laboratory testing, hospitalization, and case finding.
Table 2.
Data classes and capture sources for Lassa fever at Kenema Government Hospital.
Fig 3.
Database structure for multiple database forms linked to a single database table.
To account for CRF versioning, the database forms for multiple versions of a specific CRF were linked to a single underlying database table.
Fig 4.
Distribution of blood samples screened for Lassa fever at Kenema Government Hospital, 2008–2016.
Screenings for subjects not admitted to KGH primarily resulted from samples provided to KGH by one of its peripheral health units without subject presentation or subjects who died prior to arrival at KGH.
Table 3.
Lassa fever serostatus results, Kenema Government Hospital, 2008–2016.
Table 4.
Characteristics of suspected Lassa fever cases before and after the 2014 Ebola virus disease outbreak, Kenema Government Hospital, 2008–2016.
Fig 5.
Publications related to data capture and management for Sierra Leone, 2008–2016.
A bibliographic database search using the PubMed search engine produced 10 hits using key words Sierra Leone and data capture together with data management; database management; data system(s); or health information system(s).