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Volume 30, Supplement - Infectious Diseases and Carceral Health

SUPPLEMENT ISSUE
Surveillance

Development and Evaluation of Surveillance System for Identifying Jail-Associated COVID-19 Cases in Minnesota, USA, 2022

Leah J. Porter1Comments to Author , Erica Rapheal1, Rebecca Huebsch, Tiana Bastian, Trisha J. Robinson, Hanna Chakoian, Karen G. Martin2, and Jennifer Zipprich2

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Table 3

False-positive and false-negative classifications made by the KAM surveillance system while detecting and classifying COVID-19 cases among persons detained in jail, Minnesota, USA, 2022*

Category No. (%) cases
False positives: KAM positive, true detention negative; 249 cases
Detention did not overlap with specimen date 131 (52.6)
Jail staff mistaken as detained 80 (32.1)
Not jail-associated, erroneous identification in step 1†
38 (15.3)
False negatives: KAM negative, true detention positive; 182 cases
Not identified in step 1† 100 (55.0)
Erroneously classified not jail-associated in step 2† 69 (37.9)
Detained person classified as jail staff 13 (7.1)

*KAM, keyword and address matching. †During KAM step 1, keyword and address matching tools flagged COVID-19 cases as potentially associated with jails; during step 2, Minnesota Department of Health staff manually reviewed each flagged case to verify confinement information and classify cases by jail facility and case type (detained person of staff) ([[ANCHOR###F2###Figure 2###Anchor]]).

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Minnesota Department of Health, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

2These senior authors contributed equally to this article.

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