Chickenpox and RSV cases to become reportable from November 1
Swedish healthcare providers and laboratories will have to report chickenpox and RSV cases from 1 November under new national infection-control rules.
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The Public Health Agency says reports will go to the regional infection-control doctor and the agency. The aim is to strengthen surveillance and assess preventive measures, including chickenpox vaccination and protective antibodies for newborn babies during RSV season.
Under the detailed instructions, treating doctors must report a clinical chickenpox diagnosis at any age, even without a laboratory test. Laboratories must report varicella-zoster virus findings for people under 30 and positive RSV findings.
A clinician must report a positive point-of-care RSV test when a laboratory has not already done so. Tests taken by patients at home are excluded.
Reporting for influenza and Covid-19 will be aligned with the RSV process. The Sminet system opens for the new reports on 1 November, and laboratories are being told to prepare time and resources. Patients are not given a new self-reporting duty.
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