communicable disease means an illness that may be transmitted to human beings by pathogens or their toxic products;
observations means clinical findings (e.g. suspected diagnoses, confirmed diagnoses, deaths), laboratory analysis findings (e.g. test results, direct and indirect evidence of pathogens, typifications, resistance tests), epidemiological findings (e.g. key figures on healthcare-associated infections) and incidents (e.g. suspicious substances, objects) connected with communicable diseases;
pathogens means natural and genetically modified organisms (e.g. viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa and other parasites), substances (e.g. prions, toxins) and genetic material that can cause or aggravate a communicable disease;
handling pathogens means any activity involving pathogens, in particular their manufacture, reproduction, release, marketing, import, export, transit, retention, use, storage, disposal or transport.
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