Table 3. Range of required time for screening 10 international information sources screened by the coordinators of the NEWC (n = 4) in minutes per week, the Netherlands, January 2013– January 2014.

International source	Range of time requirement in minutes	Average time requirement in minutes
ECDC Round Table Report	< 15–60	40
ProMED-mail	< 15–45	35
WHO Event Information Site (EIS)	< 15–30	25
EPIS for Food- and Waterborne Diseases and Zoonoses (EPIS-FWD)	< 15–30	15
WHO Disease Outbreak News (DON)	< 15–30	20
European Early Warning and Response System (EWRS)	< 15–40	30
Eurosurveillance	< 15–30	25
Emerging Infections (EI) Summary	< 15–45	20
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)	< 15	10
WHO Weekly Epidemiological Records (WER)	< 15	10
TOTAL	150–330	230

ECDC: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control; EPIS: Epidemic Intelligence Information System; NEWC: The Netherlands Early Warning Committee; WHO: World Health Organization.