{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-506/annex/division-3/division-3.1/division-3.1.7/division-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-506/annex/division-3/division-3.1/division-3.1.7/division-5.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2012/506",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision of 8 August 2012 amending Decision 2002/253/EC laying down case definitions for reporting communicable diseases to the Community network under Decision No 2119/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2012) 5538) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/506/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-506",
  "path": "annex/division/3/division/3.1/division/3.1.7/division/5",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "GI-IAB: Intraabdominal, not specified elsewhere including gallbladder, bile ducts, liver (excluding viral hepatitis), spleen, pancreas, peritoneum, subphrenic or subdiaphragmatic space, or other intraabdominal tissue or area not specified elsewhere",
  "text": "Intraabdominal infections must meet at least one of the following criteria:\nPatient has organisms cultured from purulent material from intraabdominal space obtained during a surgical operation or needle aspiration\nPatient has abscess or other evidence of intraabdominal infection seen during a surgical operation or histopathologic examination\nPatient has at least two of the following signs or symptoms with no other recognised cause: fever (> 38 °C), nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, or jaundice\nAND at least one of the following:\norganisms cultured from drainage from surgically placed drain (e.g. closed suction drainage system, open drain, T-tube drain)\norganisms seen on Gram’s stain of drainage or tissue obtained during surgical operation or needle aspiration\norganisms cultured from blood and radiographic evidence of infection (e.g. abnormal findings on ultrasound, CT scan, MRI, or radiolabel scans [gallium, technetium, etc.] or on abdominal x-ray)",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2012/506/annex/division/3/division/3.1/division/3.1.7/division/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:15:21.976168+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}