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A Pilot Study on Infection Control in 10 Randomly Selected European Hospitals: Results of a Questionnaire Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Desirée J.M.A. Beaujean ,
Annemarie J.L. Weersink ,
Annet Troelstra  and
Jan Verhoef
Desirée J.M.A. Beaujean*
Affiliation:
Eijkman-Winkler Institute of Medical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Inflammation, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Annemarie J.L. Weersink
Affiliation:
Eijkman-Winkler Institute of Medical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Inflammation, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Annet Troelstra
Affiliation:
Eijkman-Winkler Institute of Medical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Inflammation, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Jan Verhoef
Affiliation:
Eijkman-Winkler Institute of Medical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Inflammation, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
*
Eijkman-Winkler Institute of Medical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Inflammation, University Medical Center, Utrecht, HP G04.614, Postbox 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Abstract

We describe and compare the organization of infection control and some infection control practices in 10 hospitals in seven different European countries. Great differences were observed. By evaluating infection control and hygiene practices in different European centers, areas of prime importance for the development of a European infection control standard may be defined.

Type
Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 21 , Issue 8 , August 2000 , pp. 531 - 534
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2000

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