Obligation to notify

Definition
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Legal obligation to report notifiable diseases in the Federal Republic of Germany according to the Infection Protection Act (IfSG), occupational diseases according to BVKO and certain venereal diseases (BGBI 1953, I: 700). S.a.o. Gonorrhoea, syphilis, lymphogranuloma inguinale, ulcer molle.

General information
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Notifiable illnesses (excerpt from § 6 IfSG) are to be reported in the event of suspected illness, illness or death:
- Human spongiform encephalopathy, except familial hereditary forms
- Botulism
- Cholera
- Diphtheria
- Enteropathic hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)
- Acute viral hepatitis
- Measles
- Meningococcal meningitis or sepsis ( Waterhouse Friderichsen syndrome)
- Anthrax
- Tuberculosis, even if there is no bacteriological proof; in this case, there is an obligation to report when a need for treatment is established. According to § 6 paragraph 2, the treating physician must also inform the public health department if a person refuses or discontinues tuberculosis treatment.
- Plague
- Poliomyelitis including any non-traumatic acute flaccid paralysis (= suspected)
- Rabies
- Typhoid abdominalis/ paratyphoid
- Varicella (since 2013)
- Virus-induced hemorrhagic fever.
contents of the notification of diseases by name (extract from § 9 para. 1 IfSG):
- Name and surname, sex, age
- Address, main apartment/current place of residence
- place of business
- Diagnosis or suspected diagnosis
- Likely source of infection
- Country in which the infection was probably acquired; for tuberculosis, country of birth and nationality
- Name, address and telephone number of the investigating body in charge of pathogen diagnostics
- Transfer to, or admission to, hospital or an institution of inpatient care and discharge from that institution
- Name, address and telephone number of the person making the report.