title: [Quality assurance in the public health office].
abstract: Quality is assured not only by long-standing experience; it must be continually safeguarded. Preconditions are as follows: qualified training with scientific background and continual scientific supervision; regular continuing education via exchange of experience; standardising of methods on a intra-office level and by inter-office exchange on Lander level; internal and external cooperation; validity and plausibility controls; interdisciplinary cooperation. These principles are discussed by means of examples of health protection--health protection on environmental protection principles--expertising--medical statistics/health planning--health care aid/health advisory service.
authors.affiliation: Gesundheits- und Umweltamt Harburg.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jaeschke
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004782:Environmental Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005858:Germany; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*
vernacular_title: Qualitätssicherung im Gesundheitsamt.