NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE – SARAWAK GENERAL HOSPITAL

1.1 HOSPITAL NOTIFICATION POLICY

The infectious disease policy of Sarawak General Hospital is parallel with Infectious Disease Act
1988 (Amendment 2020) (Act 342) and government policies as per Case Definitions For Infectious Disease in Malaysia by Disease Control Division of Ministry of Health Malaysia (3 rd Edition, January 2017)

2. INFECTIOUS DISEASES THAT MUST BE NOTIFIED UNDER CDC ACT

2.1 LIST OF DISEASES

NOTIFICATION SHOULD BE DONE WITHIN	DISEASES	WHEN SHOULD NOTIFY	FORM REQUIRED
24 hours	Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP)/Polio	Suspected Case	Notification form + AFP case laboratory request form
	Cholera	Suspected Case	Notification form
	COVID-19/ SARS COV 1 & 2	Suspected Case	Notification form
	Dengue fever	Suspected Case*	Notification form
	Diphteria	Suspected Case	Notification form
	Ebola	Suspected Case	Notification form
	Food poisoning	Suspected Case	Notification form
	Malaria	Suspected Case*	Notification form
	Measles	Suspected Case	Notification form
	MERS COV	Suspected Case	Notification form + MERS COV Form
	Mumps	Suspected Case	Notification form
	Plague	Suspected Case	Notification form
	Rabies	Suspected Case	Notification form + Rabies form
	Yellow fever	Suspected Case	Notification form
	Zika	Suspected Case	Notification form + Zika form
7 days	Brucellosis	Suspected Case	Notification form
	Chancroid	Suspected Case	Notification form
	Dysentry	Suspected Case	Notification form
	Gonococcal	Confirmed Case	Notification form
	HFMD	Suspected Case	Notification form
	HIV/AIDS	Confirmed Case	Notification form + HIV/AIDS-97 form
	Japanese Encephalitis	Suspected Case	Notification form
	Leprosy	Confirmed Case	Notification form
	Leptospirosis	Suspected Case	Notification form
	Melioidosis	Confirmed Case	Notification form + Melioidosis form
	Pertussis (Whooping cough)	Suspected Case	Notification form
	Relapsing fever	Suspected Case	Notification form
	Salmonellosis	Suspected Case	Notification form
	Syphilis	Confirmed Case	Notification form
	Tetanus	Suspected Case	Notification form
	Typhoid/ Parathyroid	Suspected Case	Notification form
	Typhus	Suspected Case	Notification form
	Tuberculosis	Confirmed Case	Notification form + 10-A1 TBIS (Newly diagnosed TB) + 10-J TBIS (TB Death)
	Rotavirus	Confirmed Case	Notification form
	Viral hepatitis (A,B,C)	Confirmed Case	Notification form

Definitions

Suspected Case	Should notify regardless sample is pending/ delayed OR ready
Suspected Case*	Should have at least one positive laboratory result via any rapid test (NS1/IGM/IGG), Combo, DVSS, Flavi, MRDT
Confirmed Case	Should have at least ≥ one positive laboratory result indicate isolation of organism

Reminders

➢ Please ensure samples are always taken before notify

➢ All information fill in the form should always be updated

➢ Must be filled correctly within given timeline and the form sent immediately

2.2 GUIDES FOR NOTIFICATION

NOTIFICATION SHOULD BE DONE WITHIN	DISEASES	Notification Form	Other Forms Required	Reference
24 HOURS	Dengue fever	REV2010 Form	Sample (NS1 or IgM or IgG or Combo) DVSS/ Flavivirus if required
	Measles IgM	REV2010 Form	Sample (IgM)
	Food poisoning	REV2010 Form	Stool Sample (if any)
	Malaria/ Diphteria/ Cholera/ Chikungunya/ Viral Encephalitis/ Japanese Encephalitis (JE)	REV2010 Form	Sample
	Zika	REV2010 Form	Borang Siasatan Zika	Pengurusan Zika
	Rabies	REV2010 Form	Borang Siasatan Rabies	Pengurusan Kes Gigitan Anjing
	Avian Influenza	REV2010 Form	Borang Siasatan H7N9
	MERS-COV	REV2010 Form	Samples Borang Siasatan H7N9
	SARS-COV	REV2010 Form	Samples
	COVID-19	REV2010 Form	Samples
7 DAYS	Pertussis	REV2010 Form	Samples
	HIV/AIDS	REV2010 Form	Confirmatory sample lab Borang Siasatan HIV/AIDS-97
	Melioidosis	REV2010 Form	Borang Siasatan Melioidosis
	Tuberculosis (New Case/ Recurrent/ Others)	REV2010 Form	File TB Buku Rawatan Borang 10-A1 TBIS (Newly Diagnosed)
	Tuberculosis (Death)	REV2010 Form	Borang 10J TBIS
	Leptospirosis	REV2010 Form	Sample (IgM) For MAT Sample
	Rotavirus/ Dysentry	REV2010 Form	Stool Sample
	Tetanus/ Leprosy/ Typhoid/ Typhus/ Chancroid/ Gonorrhea	REV2010 Form	Sample

3.3 SYNDROMIC NOTIFICATION AND LABORATORY INVESTIGATION MANUAL

This is the latest manual (Download) from Communicable Disease Surveillance Section, Disease Control Division of MINISTRY OF HEALTH MALAYSIA, 2nd Edition dated October 2004. This manual includes following content for reference.

Introduction: syndromic approach
Notification procedure
Syndrome definition
Algorithm for syndromic approach
Collection and handling protocol for specific specimen
Protocol for collection, storage, package and dispatch of specimen to IMR from patients with suspected unknown virus infection

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