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Pathogen detections according to § 7 Abs. 1 IfSG directly transferred to DEMIS with the Labordatenbank: This is how you send your reports directly via the DEMIS interface and automatically save the received confirmation of receipt. This simultaneously documents that you have fulfilled your reporting obligation.

Since 2021, laboratories in Germany have been obliged to electronically report SARS-CoV-2 pathogen detections via DEMIS. From 01.01.2022, this obligation will be extended to further pathogen detections subject to reporting according to § 7 Abs. 1 IfSG.

How to report a pathogen detection:

1. Navigate to the report overview: Menu bar > Samples -> Reports
2. Reportable findings are shown in red
3. Click on -> DEMIS Report You can report multiple findings using the selection field

After successful transmission, the DEMIS confirmation of receipt is read in and saved, so you can seamlessly document and prove the fulfillment of your reporting obligation at any time.

The following is required for the connection of your laboratory:

1. DEMIS certificates for test and live systems
2. Completion of a questionnaire with details of the reporting and sending institution, etc.

Transmission via DEMIS is mandatory for the following infectious diseases in humans (Infection Protection Act - IfSG) from 01.01.2022:

(1) The direct or indirect detection of the following pathogens must be reported by name, unless otherwise specified, provided that the detections indicate an acute infection:

1. Adenoviruses; reporting obligation only for direct detection in conjunctival swab
2. Bacillus anthracis
3. Bordetella pertussis, Bordetella parapertussis
   3a. human pathogenic Bornaviruses; reporting obligation only for direct detection
4. Borrelia recurrentis
5. Brucella sp.
6. Campylobacter sp., enteropathogenic
   6a. Chikungunya virus
7. Chlamydia psittaci
8. Clostridium botulinum or toxin detection
9. Corynebacterium spp., toxin-producing
10. Coxiella burnetii
    10a. Dengue virus
11. human pathogenic Cryptosporidium sp.
12. Ebola virus
    13a. Escherichia coli, enterohemorrhagic strains (EHEC)
    13b. Escherichia coli, other enteropathogenic strains
13. Francisella tularensis
14. TBE virus
15. Yellow fever virus
16. Giardia lamblia
17. Haemophilus influenzae; reporting obligation only for direct detection from liquor or blood
18. Hantaviruses
19. Hepatitis A virus
20. Hepatitis B virus; reporting obligation for all detections
21. Hepatitis C virus; reporting obligation for all detections
22. Hepatitis D virus; reporting obligation for all detections
23. Hepatitis E virus
24. Influenza viruses; reporting obligation only for direct detection
25. Lassa virus
26. Legionella sp.
27. human pathogenic Leptospira sp.
28. Listeria monocytogenes; reporting obligation only for direct detection from blood, liquor or other normally sterile substrates as well as from swabs of newborns
29. Marburg virus
30. Measles virus
    31a. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV)
31. Mumps virus
32. Mycobacterium leprae
33. Mycobacterium tuberculosis/africanum, Mycobacterium bovis; reporting obligation for direct pathogen detection and subsequently for the result of resistance determination; also for the detection of acid-fast bacilli in sputum in advance
34. Neisseria meningitidis; reporting obligation only for direct detection from liquor, blood, hemorrhagic skin infiltrates or other normally sterile substrates
35. Norovirus
36. Poliovirus
37. Rabiesvirus
38. Rickettsia prowazekii
39. Rotavirus
40. Rubella virus
41. Salmonella Paratyphi; reporting obligation for all direct detections
42. Salmonella Typhi; reporting obligation for all direct detections
43. Salmonella, others
    44a. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2
    (SARS-CoV-2)
44. Shigella sp.
    45a. Streptococcus pneumoniae; reporting obligation only for direct detection from liquor, blood, joint aspirate or other normally sterile substrates
45. Trichinella spiralis
46. Varicella-Zoster virus
47. Vibrio spp., human pathogenic; if only an ear infection is present, only for Vibrio cholerae
    48a. West Nile virus
48. Yersinia pestis
49. Yersinia spp., enteropathogenic
    50a. Zika virus and other arboviruses
50. other hemorrhagic fever pathogens
51. direct detection of the following pathogens:
    a) Staphylococcus aureus, Methicillin-resistant strains; reporting obligation only for detection from blood or liquor
    b) Enterobacterales with detection of a carbapenemase determinant or with reduced susceptibility to carbapenems except for natural resistance; reporting obligation only for infection or colonization
    c) Acinetobacter spp. with detection of a carbapenemase determinant or with reduced susceptibility to carbapenems except for natural resistance; reporting obligation only for infection or colonization.
    Reporting according to sentence 1 must be carried out in accordance with § 8 Paragraph 1 Numbers 2, 3, 4 or Paragraph 4, § 9 Paragraph 1, 2, 3 Sentence 1 or 3.

(2) By name, detections of pathogens not mentioned in this regulation must be reported in relation to infections and colonizations if, taking into account the type of pathogens and the frequency of their detection, there are indications of a serious danger to the general public. Reporting according to sentence 1 must be carried out in accordance with § 8 Paragraph 1 Numbers 2, 3 or Paragraph 4, § 9 Paragraph 2, 3 Sentence 1 or 3.

(3) For the following pathogens, direct or indirect detection must be reported anonymously:

1. Treponema pallidum
2. HIV
3. Echinococcus sp.
4. Plasmodium sp.
5. Toxoplasma gondii; reporting obligation only for congenital infections
6. Neisseria gonorrhoeae with reduced susceptibility to azithromycin, cefixime or ceftriaxone