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Update to Appendix 13 - Mandatory Alert organism/condition list.

05 Aug 2022

Version 2.0 of Appendix 13 – Mandatory NHSScotland Alert organism/Condition list, has been published on the National Infection Prevention and Control Manual website.

Updates

The second column of Tables 1 - 5 have been updated to outline both the locations and patient cohorts relevant to each pathogen or condition. The following have been added:

  • Burkholderia spp.
  • Staphylococcus capitis
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Cryptococcus spp.
  • scalded skin syndrome
  • adenoviral conjunctivitis

Table 6 has been updated in-line with EUCAST expert rules and expected phenotypes. The footnotes for this table have also been amended.