Hospital in Kaliningrad warned after case of tick-borne encephalitis in a patient

GBUZ "Infectious Hospital of the Kaliningrad region" received a warning from the Department of Rospotrebnadzor in the Kaliningrad region due to a possible violation of the requirements of sanitary legislation. Information about this is posted on the website of the Prosecutor General's Office.

The warning was announced on September 17, 2026, as part of the federal state sanitary and epidemiological control. The basis for the preventive measure was information about signs of violation of mandatory requirements without confirmed data on harm to legally protected values.

As indicated in the documents, on September 15, 2026, the Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology in the Kaliningrad Region registered a case of tick-borne encephalitis in a patient born in 1952. The diagnosis was established on September 10 at the Infectious Disease Hospital of the Kaliningrad Region.

At the same time, an emergency notification of the identified case of an infectious disease, according to the materials of the warning, was transmitted untimely - only on September 15.

Rospotrebnadzor pointed out the need to comply with the requirements of sanitary legislation. According to SanPiN, health workers are required to report each case of an infectious disease within two hours by phone, and then send an emergency notification in writing or electronically within 12 hours.

The hospital was offered to take measures to comply with sanitary and anti-epidemic requirements in the detection of infectious diseases.