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The Infection Protection Act requires doctors and laboratories to report certain pathogens and vaccination damage.

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

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 medical practices 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.

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

This is the task of the responsible authority in cooperation with other institutions.

They record notifiable communicable diseases, evaluate this information and take the necessary measures to prevent and combat infectious diseases.

No documents are required.

There are no fees.

The notification by name must be made immediately and must be received by the responsible health authority no later than 24 hours after the notifying party becomes aware of it. A notification may not be delayed due to individual missing details.

The subsequent notification or correction of information must be submitted to the health authority that received the original notification as soon as it is available. The public health department is authorized to request information from the notifier about the details that the notification must contain.

The notifier must inform the public health department immediately if a suspected notification has not been confirmed.

The Robert Koch Institute provides up-to-date information on its website.

The Infection Protection Act requires doctors and laboratories to report certain pathogens and vaccination damage.

For this purpose, please complete the notification forms of the health authorities or the Robert Koch Institute.

• Prevention of communicable diseases in humans
• Early detection of infections
• Prevention of their spread

Health department or health service of the responsible district or independent city