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 hygiene operational team mentioned inarticle R. 6111-7.
The practitioner from the operational hospital hygiene team assesses whether the case or cases of which he has been notified correspond to the reporting criteria defined in article R. 1413-79. When this case or these cases correspond to one of these criteria, this practitioner, when he is not the health professional designated in article R. 6111-15, informs the latter of the need to report to the health authorities.