There has been a major change in the basic approach taken to hospital hygiene practices, and indeed to infection control within the hospital on the whole. Whereas as recently as the 1990s lectures on the topic of hand disinfection at international congresses were confined to "the periphery of the congress", today several keynote speakers address this issue with the full attention of the audience. This trend is also reflected in publications, and going beyond the domain of hand disinfection, has highlighted the important role of surface disinfection as well as of instrument disinfection in the prevention of nosocomial infections. The role of preventive as opposed to evidence-based hospital hygiene measures has for decades triggered liv...
To assess the scope of infection control measures for multidrug-resistant bacteria in high-risk sett...
Chemical disinfection is an indispensable means of preventing infection. This holds true for healthc...
Hand hygiene is the most important measure to protect against the spread of nosocomial infections. W...
Virtually no prevention strategy in hospital hygiene has been the focus of such frequent controversi...
The role of disinfection in infection prevention has been analyzed over the past 50 years both in th...
From the data he had collected, Ignaz Phillip Semmelweis drew the right conclusions and began using ...
Background: The Rudolf Schuelke Foundation addresses topics related to hygiene, infection preventio...
In the early 60s the first specialists for hospital hygiene came on the scene in Scandinavia too. Fr...
Each year almost 15 million people die of infectious diseases and in all probability this figure is ...
[english] Background: The Rudolf Schuelke Foundation addresses topics related to hygiene, infection ...
In developing hygiene strategies, in recent years, the major focus has been on the hands as the key ...
Contrary to expectation, the risks of infection are growing rather than declining, even in everyday ...
Since 1 January 2001, German hospitals and establishments engaged in outpatient surgery are obliged ...
Aim: Sanitation and cleanliness are essential factors in reducing the spread of pathogens and preve...
In infectious diseases we can discern a cause and effect chain, which in particular offers the pract...
To assess the scope of infection control measures for multidrug-resistant bacteria in high-risk sett...
Chemical disinfection is an indispensable means of preventing infection. This holds true for healthc...
Hand hygiene is the most important measure to protect against the spread of nosocomial infections. W...
Virtually no prevention strategy in hospital hygiene has been the focus of such frequent controversi...
The role of disinfection in infection prevention has been analyzed over the past 50 years both in th...
From the data he had collected, Ignaz Phillip Semmelweis drew the right conclusions and began using ...
Background: The Rudolf Schuelke Foundation addresses topics related to hygiene, infection preventio...
In the early 60s the first specialists for hospital hygiene came on the scene in Scandinavia too. Fr...
Each year almost 15 million people die of infectious diseases and in all probability this figure is ...
[english] Background: The Rudolf Schuelke Foundation addresses topics related to hygiene, infection ...
In developing hygiene strategies, in recent years, the major focus has been on the hands as the key ...
Contrary to expectation, the risks of infection are growing rather than declining, even in everyday ...
Since 1 January 2001, German hospitals and establishments engaged in outpatient surgery are obliged ...
Aim: Sanitation and cleanliness are essential factors in reducing the spread of pathogens and preve...
In infectious diseases we can discern a cause and effect chain, which in particular offers the pract...
To assess the scope of infection control measures for multidrug-resistant bacteria in high-risk sett...
Chemical disinfection is an indispensable means of preventing infection. This holds true for healthc...
Hand hygiene is the most important measure to protect against the spread of nosocomial infections. W...