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Download Additional Sampling Techniques in lieu of Nasopharyngeal Specimen, PDFAdditional Sampling Techniques in lieu of Nasopharyngeal Specimen
Guidance · July 2026 · PDF, 267 KB
Other ways to take a respiratory specimen when a nasopharyngeal swab can’t be obtained, for example from infants and some older patients.
Keywords: influenzaspecimen collection
Download Audit Briefing, PDFAudit Briefing
Guidance · July 2026 · PDF, 113 KB
The audit team’s internal briefing before each surveillance audit, from the Regional Surveillance Audit Guidelines.
Keywords: surveillance audit
Download Contact Tracing and Community Fever Surveillance, PDFContact Tracing and Community Fever Surveillance
Guidance · July 2026 · PDF, 960 KB
Community fever surveillance for Zika in three situations: an imported case, one locally acquired case, and a cluster of suspected cases.
Keywords: contact tracingZika
Download Fields for COVID-19 Contact Intake Line Listing, PDFFields for COVID-19 Contact Intake Line Listing
Guidance · July 2026 · PDF, 142 KB
The minimum information to record for each contact of a COVID-19 case when they are first listed.
Keywords: contact tracingCOVID-19line listing
Download Fields for COVID-19 Contact Tracing Daily Tracking Line Listing, PDFFields for COVID-19 Contact Tracing Daily Tracking Line Listing
Guidance · July 2026 · PDF, 161 KB
The minimum information to record each day while contacts of a COVID-19 case are followed up.
Keywords: contact tracingCOVID-19line listing
Download Internal Debriefing, PDFInternal Debriefing
Guidance · July 2026 · PDF, 190 KB
The audit team’s internal debriefing after a surveillance audit, from the Regional Surveillance Audit Guidelines.
Keywords: surveillance audit
Download Regional Surveillance Audit Guidelines, PDFRegional Surveillance Audit Guidelines
Guidance · July 2026 · PDF, 4.1 MB
How the regional health authorities and the National Surveillance Unit carry out their annual internal surveillance audits, with the audit tools. External assessments take place from time to time.
Keywords: surveillance audit
Download SARI Data Analysis Guide, PDF
Download Surveillance System Performance Indicators, PDFSurveillance System Performance Indicators
Guidance · July 2026 · PDF, 225 KB
The influenza surveillance system’s performance indicators and their targets.
Keywords: influenzaperformance indicatorssurveillance system
About these resources
The national surveillance forms, and the guides that go with them: flow charts, algorithms, guidance and lists. Each is an appendix of the National Surveillance Manual (July 2026).