• A cholera line list can be used to support the collection and reporting of minimum standard case-based data on all suspected cholera cases detected at the health facility level.
  • An example of a cholera line list can be downloaded here (Excel format).
  • The variables included on a line list are the same as those on the standard case report form, and include:
    • Date of reporting by the health facility
    • Name of the reporting health facility
    • Unique patient identifier
    • Name
    • Age
    • Sex
    • Place of residence – house, street, neighbourhood, village, section of camp
    • Date of visit
    • Readmission
    • Referral from another health facility
    • Referring facility
    • Date of symptom onset
    • Hospitalization
    • Level of dehydration at admission
    • Patient outcome
    • Date of outcome
    • Specimen collection for cholera testing
    • Date of specimen collection
    • RDT result
    • Specimen sent to laboratory
    • Date of specimen receipt at the laboratory
    • Date of laboratory result
    • Culture and seroagglutination result
    • PCR result – serogroup
    • PCR result – toxigenicity
    • Antimicrobial susceptibility testing result
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