Below is the essential operational guidance for HPA staff dealing with incidents of VTEC infection.

• VTEC operation manual (PDF, 202 KB)
  Operational guidance for HPA staff dealing with cases and incidents of VTEC infection. Part A. Operational guidance for HPUs; Part B. Responsibilities within the HPA for the identification and alerting of individual cases and clusters of VTEC
  Added/updated: 22 February 2011
  
• Questionnaire with instructions for enhanced national surveillance of VTEC in England (PDF, 338 KB)
  Current version of the questionnaire
  Added/updated: 19 January 2011
  
• VTEC support document (PDF, 302 KB)
  Background evidence for the Public Health Management of infection with Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC)
  Added/updated: 21 February 2011
  
• VTEC Enhanced Surveillance Questionnaire (Word Document, 303 KB)
  October 2010 Word format
  Added/updated: 19 January 2011