Ministry of Health
Influenza, monitoring of the progress of severe and complicated forms confirmed in the laboratory
Since the 2009-2010 pandemic season, surveillance of serious and complicated cases of confirmed influenza has been active in Italy, which it is considered appropriate to continue to maintain active also during the 2022-2023 season.
The surveillance aims to collect information on severe forms and deaths, to better understand the epidemiology of severe forms in our country, also in terms of possible risk factors and changes during the influenza epidemic.
The definition of severe and complicated forms of confirmed influenza, the definition of SARI and ARDS are contained in the Ministerial Circular, which also specifies the methods for reporting cases and sending samples to the WHO National Centre for Virological Influenza Surveillance (National Influenza Centre/NIC), through an attached form.
According to the indications of the circular, the Regions and Autonomous Provinces are required to report to the Ministry and the Istituto Superiore di Sanità serious and complicated cases of laboratory-confirmed influenza, whose conditions include admission to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and / or the use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) therapy.
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