{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-945/annex-II/division-4/division-4.1/division-4.1.7/division-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-945/annex-II/division-4/division-4.1/division-4.1.7/division-5.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2018/945",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/945 of 22 June 2018 on the communicable diseases and related special health issues to be covered by epidemiological surveillance as well as relevant case definitions (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-945",
  "path": "annex/II/division/4/division/4.1/division/4.1.7/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 leasttwo of the following signs or symptoms with no other recognized 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 (for example, 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 (for example, 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/2018/945/annex/II/division/4/division/4.1/division/4.1.7/division/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:13:03.598650+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."
}