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• Reporting forms of the countries:
• Reporting forms of the RKI

The aim of infection protection is to prevent transmissible diseases in humans, to detect infections at an early stage and to prevent their further spread.

The Infection Protection Act (IfSG) obliges physicians and laboratories to report infections. A distinction is made between named reports of pathogens and non-named reports of evidence of pathogens as well as reports of vaccination damage.

Named pathogens:

Physicians and laboratories for medical diagnostics are obliged to report abnormal findings to the local health authorities responsible for the physicians' practices if the pathogens named in the law are diagnosed during an examination or sample. The reporting forms required for this purpose are provided by the respective state authorities.

Non-named pathogen detections:

The pathogen detections named in § 7 Para. 3 IfSG are to be reported non-named directly to the Robert Koch Institute. The RKI provides special laboratory reporting forms for this purpose.

Vaccine damage:

The suspicion of health damage exceeding the usual level of a vaccination reaction must be reported. The report is made by the doctor to the local health authority.

• Reporting forms of the countries:
• Reporting forms of the RKI

The course of the procedure depends on the regulations in the Infection Protection Act.

No deadlines need to be observed.

The notification must be made immediately and must be submitted to the competent health authority no later than 24 hours after the reporter has become aware of it. The health authority transmits the notification to the competent state authority at the latest on the following working day and this also to the Robert Koch Institute at the latest on the following working day. The non-named report must be made to the Robert Koch Institute within two weeks of becoming aware of the reporter. Reports of suspected vaccine damage must be transmitted by the health department immediately to the competent state health authority and to the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut

State Office for Occupational Safety, Consumer Protection and Health (LAVG) and the responsible health authorities of the districts and independent cities.

• §§ 6 ff. Infection Protection Act (IfSG)

Lower Saxony Ministry for Social Affairs, Health and Equality