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Objectives The study objectives were: •. Develop a data management template to apply to new datasets acquired into the Repository, including the CPL data •. Develop a data quality framework for evaluating administrative databases in the Repository •. Investigate key components of CPL data quality, including accuracy, consistency, and completeness •. Investigate the role of the CPL data for identif [...] The CPL is a member of the Canadian Public Health Laboratory Network, and is responsible for the provision of a core set of services related to preventing, detecting, and monitoring human disease and providing related education to healthcare professionals and the public. [...] The objectives were: 1. Develop a data management template to apply to new datasets acquired into the Repository, including the CPL data 2. Develop a data quality framework for evaluating administrative databases in the Repository 3. Investigate key components of CPL data quality, including accuracy, consistency, and completeness 4. Investigate the role of the CPL data for identifying infectious d [...] In Chapters 4 and 5, various aspects of the quality of the CPL data are described using the data quality framework presented in Chapter 3. Chapter 4 primarily investigates quality of unlinked CPL data, while Chater 5 focuses on the quality of the data after linkage to other administrative databases in the Repository. [...] Liaise with the source agency to discuss acquisition of the data Prepare the Receive the data data sharing.