In health establishments, the collection and transmission of reports of healthcare-associated infections, known as nosocomial infections under the terms of article R. 6111-6, are organised in accordance with the provisions of articles R. 6111-14 to R. 6111-17.
In health centres and nursing homes, an internal organisation for collecting and transmitting this information may also be defined.
A healthcare professional who, in the structure in which he or she practises or intervenes, informs the legal representative or the person designated by the legal representative without delay of the occurrence of a healthcare-associated infection in accordance with the organisation adopted, is deemed to have fulfilled the reporting obligation provided for in article L. 1413-14.