BPSU reporting instructions

Important notices

Please note, the reporting instructions below are for cases seen in June 2024. For reporting instructions from previous months please view the download section at the foot of this web page.

When reporting a case, please keep details of patients for reference.

Please inform the BPSU office of retirements or circumstances that will affect your ability to return the orange e-card. Complete the report card by ticking "nothing to report" or indicating the number of cases of the listed conditions seen in the month specified.

See BPSU privacy notice

1. Congenital and Hospitalised Neonatal Varicella

Case definition for Fetal varicella syndrome:

• 1a. Any stillborn or liveborn infant who, in the opinion of the notifying paediatrician, has confirmed or suspected fetal varicella syndrome, with or without congenital deformities based on history, clinical and/or laboratory findings.
• 1b. Any infant that presents with herpes zoster (shingles) in the first year of life (based on clinical and laboratory findings)
• 1c. Spontaneous abortion or termination of pregnancy following varicella in pregnancy.

Case definition for Neonatal varicella syndrome:

1. Chickenpox in an infant less than 1 month of age, regardless of gestational age at birth, based on history, clinical findings and/or laboratory findings.