Abstract
Medical care is increasingly a technical business, and hospitalised patients are more and more susceptible to infections, notably due to the application of aggressive therapies for all kinds of disorders. As a consequence the epidemiology of hospital infections requires serious attention. Following the initiative of some medical microbiologists in the Netherlands, a study group was established to tackle this epidemiology and to initiate relevant research (Working party on Hospital Infections and Epidemiology of the Netherlands, WHEN). Recent subjects include fungaemia in hospitalised patients, risk factors for acquiring methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus during a stay abroad, and prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci.
| Translated title of the contribution | A study group on the epidemiology of hospital infections in the Netherlands |
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| Original language | Dutch |
| Pages (from-to) | 1556-1558 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde |
| Volume | 141 |
| Issue number | 32 |
| Publication status | Published - Aug 1997 |
| Externally published | Yes |