Notifiable diseases and causative organisms: how to report: Reporting causative agents

Table of Contents

• The purpose of surveillance 3
• Detection 3
• Analysis 3
• Action 3
• Information 4
• Health Protection Notification Regulations 2010 4
• UKHSA surveillance systems 5
• Second Generation Surveillance System 5
• Caldicott and data protection 6
• Organism-Patient-Illness-Episode 7
• UK Standards for microbiology investigations 8
• How to report 9
• When to report 9
• Who reports 10
• What to report 11
• Organismsinfections to be reported 11
• Organismsinfections not to be reported in CDR extract 12
• What information a report should contain 12
• Core data 12
• Organism-specific data 14
• Augmented surveillance data 15
• Antimicrobial susceptibilities 17
• Appendix 1 notifiable organisms 18
• Appendix 2 core organisms 25
• Appendix 3 sterile sites 31
• Appendix 4 Hepatitis B risk factors and groups 32
• Appendix 5 contacts 33