Meldepflichten für Infektionskrankheiten und Infektionserreger in Deutschland: Entwicklung und Verbesserungsvorschläge

With the entry into force of the Infection Protection Act (IfSG) in 2001, the reporting obligations for infectious diseases and infectious agents were placed on a new foundation. For the first time, a distinction was made between an obligation for the notification of infectious diseases by physicians and a notification obligation for infectious agents by laboratories. The aim was to reduce the notification burden on physicians and thus to...