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cord-326118-shew7sfw	Susilarini, Ni Ketut	Application of WHO’s guideline for the selection of sentinel sites for hospital-based influenza surveillance in Indonesia	2014-09-23		.txt	text/plain	3469	164	38	title: Application of WHO's guideline for the selection of sentinel sites for hospital-based influenza surveillance in Indonesia Based on the recently published WHO guideline for influenza surveillance (2012), this study presents the process for hospital sentinel site selection. A checklist was developed based on the WHO recommended attributes for sentinel site selection including stability, feasibility, representativeness and the availability of data to enable disease burden estimation. CONCLUSIONS: The multi-step process enabled sentinel site selection based on the WHO recommended attributes that emphasize right-sizing the surveillance system to ensure its stability and maximizing its geographic representativeness. The guideline also suggests considering the suitability of sites to assess the disease burden of influenza whereby information about the population served by the hospital can be determined to enable disease incidence rate calculation. The WHO guideline was useful as it identified the key attributes to consider in sentinel site selection and it helped address public health decision maker concerns regarding the geographic representation of the surveillance system.	./cache/cord-326118-shew7sfw.txt	./txt/cord-326118-shew7sfw.txt