Telecommunication Facilities, Key Support for Data Management and Data Sharing by a Biological Mobile Laboratory Deployed to Counter Emerging Biological Threats and Improve Public Health Crisis Preparedness

In the case of rapid outbreaks of infectious diseases in remote locations, the lack of real-time information from the field and rapid spread of misinformation can be a major issue. To improve situational awareness and decision-making at all levels of operational deployment, there is an urgent need f...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2021-08, Vol.18 (17), p.9014
Main Authors: Vybornov, Aleksandr, Nyabi, Omar, Vybornova, Olga, Gala, Jean-Luc
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bandwidths
COVID-19
Crises
Data management
Data retrieval
Decision making
Disaster relief
Disasters
Ebola virus
Emergency preparedness
Emergency response
Epidemics
Infectious diseases
Information communication
Information sharing
Laboratories
Onsite
Pandemics
Pathogens
Public health
Radio communications
Reagents
Real time
Regional development
Satellite communications
Situational awareness
Teams
Terrestrial environments
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Summary:In the case of rapid outbreaks of infectious diseases in remote locations, the lack of real-time information from the field and rapid spread of misinformation can be a major issue. To improve situational awareness and decision-making at all levels of operational deployment, there is an urgent need for accurate, reliable, and timely results from patients from the affected area. This requires a robust and fast channel of communication connecting first responders on-site, crisis managers, decision-makers, and the institutions involved in the survey of the crisis at national, regional, and international levels. This has been the rationale sustaining the development of advanced communication tools in the Biological Light Fieldable Laboratory for Emergencies (B-LiFE). The benefit of terrestrial (TETRA, LTE, 5G, and Wi-Fi-Fi) and SatCom communications is illustrated through a series of missions and exercises conducted in the previous five years. These tools were used by B-LiFE operators to provide accurate, comprehensive, timely, and relevant information and services in real time. The focus of this article is to discuss the development and benefits of the integration of multi-mission, multi-user nomadic, rapidly deployable telecommunication nodes for emergency uses (TEN) in the capacity of B-LiFE. Providing reliable communication channels through TEN enables the development and use of an ICT toolbox called MIML_LIMS (multi-institution, multi-mission, multi-laboratory LIMS), a tool which is mandatory for efficient and secure data management and data sharing by a mobile laboratory.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph18179014