Your surveillance pipeline has a memory problem

Time to read: 3 minutes

Last updated: February 2026

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Collecting data from genomic surveillance is straightforward, but critical context is often lost. Decisions, flagged wards, and intervention outcomes are typically stored in spreadsheets, email threads, or rely on individual memory.

When a new isolate appears in a known cluster weeks later, teams have to take their time to find the relevant context. In resistant infections cutting unnecessary delays is critical: patients already spend an average of 7.4 extra days in the hospital and face a nearly 50% higher risk of readmission [1].

In genomic epidemiology, findings lead to action only when you have the right context. This is why Solu lets you link findings, decisions, and next steps directly to your data and share information with your workspace members.
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From chaos to clarity with Solu

At Akershus University Hospital in Norway, Dr. Cecilie Sveen-Ekre's team tracked a vancomycin-resistant E. faecium outbreak across the region. The bottleneck wasn't the sequencing; it was organizing the growing pool of data into clear insights [2]:

"I used two computers simultaneously to keep track of the results."

With Solu, the team went from scattered folders to detecting clusters, comparing isolates, and reviewing findings with infection control within minutes of upload. Their next step: a central communication layer between the lab and the infection control team. That's exactly what cluster notes deliver.
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Updated Solu workflow

1. Upload your sequencing files. Solu reconstructs chromosomes and plasmids from raw reads in minutes.
2. Detect clusters via SNP-based phylogenetics, identify AMR genes and virulence factors, and flag shared plasmids across your samples.
3. Document findings directly on the cluster. Record what was found, who was notified, and what actions were taken. Notes are visible to all workspace members.
4. Act with confidence. When new isolates appear, the full decision history is already there.
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Stop losing the context of your findings

Solu already delivers chromosome and plasmid reconstruction, cluster detection, AMR gene identification, virulence factor screening, and phylogenetic analysis within minutes of upload. Cluster notes complete the picture: findings, decisions, and next steps stay with the data, visible to every team member, long after the original detection.

Start today for free.
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Sources

1. Solu. The Immediate Financial Impact of AMR. Includes data from WHO, OECD, and World Bank sources.

solugenomics.com/post/the-economic-threat-of-antimicrobial-resistance

2. Solu. From Command Line to Real-Time: How Akershus Updated their Genomic Surveillance Workflow.

solugenomics.com/post/akershus-genomic-surveillance-workflow