Environmental hygiene & infection control
Health certificate according to § 43 para. 5 Infection Protection Act
I. Online instruction
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Citizens without German language skillsThe online instruction is offered in the following languages: German, English, French, Arabic, Turkish, Italian, Russian, Polish, Romanian, Bulgarian and Ukrainian.
II In-person instruction in the specialised health service
Notes on registrationPlease use the appointment form to register for the classroom training. You are also welcome to register by telephone:
Location
Required documents
- Identity card or passport, residence permit
- Activities in the Federal Voluntary Service, Voluntary Social Year and student internships must be documented on site with the relevant documents
- Under-18s must bring an informal declaration of consent and assumption of costs from their parents to the event
Costs/fees
Fees for instruction and issuance of the certificate: €28.20
Exemption from fees is possible with the following proof:
- Federal Volunteer Service
- Voluntary social / ecological year
- Student internship
Payment options:
- EC card (preferred)
- Cash payment
- Payment on account (only for companies)
Citizens without German language skills
The face-to-face instruction is only offered in German. The instruction can therefore only take place accompanied by an interpreter.
Please make an appointment for this under the telephone number:
Infection protection
General infection protection
Main tasks
- Prevention and control of notifiable infectious diseases
- Recommendation for re-authorisation in community facilities
- Advice on the necessary hygiene measures to contain outbreaks
Who is legally obliged to report communicable diseases?
- Laboratories, doctors, managers of community facilities
Deadlines
- The notification must be made immediately, at the latest within 24 hours of the disease becoming known.
Where can I get in touch?
Salzlandkreis Health Authority
Environmental Hygiene and Infection Control
Further information and legal bases
Infection Protection Act
Robert Koch Institute
BZgA – Federal Centre for Health EducationPathogen profiles
Measles
The Measles Protection Act has been in force since 1 March 2020. The Act aims to promote protection against measles in nurseries, schools and other community facilities, as well as medical facilities. Certain groups
of people must therefore prove that they have had all measles vaccinations (2). These groups of people are:- all children from the age of one before entering a daycare centre or school
- all persons born after 1970 who work in a community centre or are cared for there
- all persons born after 1970 who work in medical facilities
- Asylum seekers and refugees no later than four weeks after admission to shared accommodation.
Where can I get vaccinated?
- Please contact your family doctor, paediatrician or company doctor for a vaccination.
Where do I register?
Further information
Federal Ministry of Health – Masernschutz.de
Infection Protection Act
Infection ProtectionTuberculosis, HIV and STI counselling
Main tasks
- Measures and prevention to combat tuberculosis (TB)
- Identification and support of contact persons
- Counselling for patients and contact persons
- Blood samples, quantiferon test
- X-ray referrals for patients and contact persons
- Aftercare for those suffering from TB
- STI counselling with blood test
- HIV counselling with blood test
Further information
Robert Koch Institute Guide to Tuberculosis
Federal Centre for Health Education – Pathogen profile: TBHYSA network
The Hygiene Network in Saxony-Anhalt (HYSA) was founded in October 2010. Antibiotic-resistant pathogens are a serious infectiological problem that affects all healthcare institutions (clinics, surgeries, nursing homes, care services, rescue and transport services) and staff from various healthcare professions.
Main tasks
- Exchange between the hospital hygiene departments of hospitals, rehabilitation clinics and outpatient care services on constantly new findings on communicable diseases
Further information
Counselling in accordance with the Prostitute Protection Act
Main tasks
- All persons working as prostitutes must attend a health counselling session before starting their work and at regular intervals
- Counselling takes place every six months for people under the age of 21 and annually for people over the age of 21
- The public health department issues the persons with a certificate for the counselling provided. Authorisation to carry out the activity is issued by the General Regulatory Affairs Department.
Counselling centre
Magdalena: Mobile counselling for sex workers
Further information
Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth - Prostitutes Protection Act
Environmental and municipal hygiene
Drinking water hygiene
Main tasks
- Monitoring the quality of drinking water to ensure that it is not harmful to human health
- Regular sampling of
- centralised and decentralised water supply systems
- Domestic water supply systems
- Mobile water supply systems (e.g. sales trolleys)
- Building water supply systems
Specifications for the operation of a water supply system
The operators of water supply systems are legally obliged to notify the health authority of the following:
- The construction of the water supply system
- The recommissioning or commissioning
- Structural or operational changes to the water supply system
- Transfer of ownership of the water supply system
- Decommissioning of the water supply system
- In the case of temporary water supply systems, the expected duration of operation must be reported.
These notifications must be made four weeks before the start of construction, commissioning or modification.
Further information
Bath water hygiene
Main tasks
- Monitoring of public or commercial facilities where water is provided for swimming or bathing
- Regular sampling of
- Outdoor and indoor pools
- Bathing lakes
Further information
Infection Protection Act
State law of Saxony-Anhalt – Ordinance on the quality and management of bathing waters (Bathing Water Ordinance) of 13 December 2007Monitoring drinking and bathing water for legionella
Main tasks
- Monitoring of operators of public and commercial water supply systems, as they are obliged to regularly test their systems for legionella
- Regular sampling
Further information
Object hygiene
Main tasks
- Monitoring of public facilities, including schools, daycare centres, after-school care centres, retirement and nursing homes
- Sports facilities, swimming pools, indoor swimming pools
- Medical facilities, e.g. physiotherapies, outpatient care services, medical and dental practices
- Facilities for body and beauty care, e.g. beauty parlours, tattoo studios
- Cemeteries
- Monitoring the retail trade in over-the-counter medicines, e.g. supermarkets, drugstores
Further information
Municipal hygiene
Main tasks
- Advice on pest infestation
- On-site inspection if infestation of the property is reported
- Initiation of measures to eliminate the infestation
- Advice on mould infestation indoors
- Chargeable sampling with laboratory analysis
Further information
Infection Protection Act
State law of Saxony-Anhalt – Ordinance on the detection and control of infestations by animal pests (Pest Control Ordinance – SchädBekVO) of 14 February 1996- Advice on pest infestation
Hospital hygiene
Main tasks
- Infection hygiene monitoring of hospitals and rehabilitation clinics, including their drinking water supply systems and therapy pools
- Infection hygiene monitoring of emergency services
- Infection hygiene monitoring of dialysis facilities
Further information
Building hygiene
Main tasks
- Advice and involvement in public construction projects
- Preparation of expert opinions on public construction projects
- Consultancy and technical cooperation within the framework of the urban land-use planning procedures of the municipalities
- Building inspections for public and commercial facilities
Further information