Laboratory Reporting of Pathogens Responsible for Infectious Intestinal Disease in Scotland

All 32 human diagnostic clinical microbiology laboratories in Scotland (including designated reference laboratories) are invited to report voluntarily to Health Protection Scotland all their identifications of:

• Salmonella
• Campylobacter
• Pathogenic Escherichia coli
• Cryptosporidium and other gastrointestinal parasites
• any other gastro-intestinal organisms considered to be of significance

This paper describes the procedure.