Section 2: Reporting nosocomial infections and collecting information about them

In health care institutions, the collection of information concerning nosocomial infections which must be reported in accordance with article R. 1413-79 is organised according to procedures defined by the institutional medical committee or the institutional medical conference.

In healthcare establishments, the head of the establishment appoints, after consulting the establishment’s medical committee or medical conference, the healthcare professional responsible for notifying the health authorities, as well as his deputy. In the case of health cooperation groups, this professional may be a person responsible for the same duties within one of the establishments belonging to the group. He informs the Director General of the Regional Health Agency and…

Any healthcare professional who, in the course of his duties within a health care establishment, observes one or more cases of nosocomial infections, informs, on the one hand, the practitioner responsible for the area of activity in which the case(s) appeared in public establishments or the doctor responsible for the patient(s) in other health care establishments and health cooperation groups and, on the other hand, the practitioner of the hospital…

When one or more cases of nosocomial infections have been detected and their nature corresponds to one or more of the reporting criteria defined in article R. 1413-79, the healthcare professional responsible for the report must report it without delay to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency and to the head of the support centre for the prevention of healthcare-associated infections mentioned in article R. 1413-83. He will…