Writing a NABSnet SDI report

A report is needed to complete a NABSnet SDI

The outline you can download here is designed to facilitate easy-to-do, consistent, good quality SDI case reporting. It’s a guide – not prescriptive – but the headings should be considered.

Using this approach gives you…

1. A reminder of steps that may be helpful when conducting an investigation 
2. A checklist of useful headings – to help you submit a report soon after lab results are available
   – required within 3 months of the date of the final path report
3. Useful information that will be recorded in the NABSnet SDI data base
4. A document that can be quickly edited (if required) for the client

When sending the SDI Report to the NABSnet Vet Advisor, check that you have included: all original laboratory reports showing submission details of case history and lab requests, and any relevant photos. This full package enables the NABSnet network to understand and share key (de-identified) details of significant disease investigations in northern Australia.