Report infection protection

The aim of infection control is to prevent communicable diseases in humans, detect infections at an early stage and prevent them from spreading.

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

Named pathogens:

Doctors and laboratories for medical diagnostics are obliged to provide the local health authorities responsible for doctors' surgeries with reports of abnormal findings should the pathogens named in the law be diagnosed during an examination or sample. The reporting forms required for this are provided by the respective state authorities.

Pathogen detection not specified by name:

The pathogen detections specified in Section 7 (3) IfSG must be reported directly to the Robert Koch Institute without naming them. The RKI provides special laboratory reporting forms for this purpose.

Vaccination damage:

The suspicion of damage to health that goes beyond the usual extent of a vaccination reaction must be reported. The report is made by the doctor to the local health authority.