[Results on the status of the organizational structures in hospital hygiene in Germany--I. Overall evaluation with special reference to acute hospitals].
The results of an inquiry about the hospital hygiene in 2034 German hospitals demonstrate, that 35% of all hospitals have a hospital epidemiologist, 66% have infection control nurses and 86% infection control physicians. Infection control committees are present in 81% of German hospitals. 88% of all hospitals use the guideline of the Federal Public Health Office "On the Identification, Prevention and Control of Hospital Infections" as a basis for all decisions on hospital hygiene.
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D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D005858:Germany; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011634:Public Health
Erhebungen zum Stand der Organisationsstrukturen in der Krankenhaushygiene in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland--I. Gesamtauswertung unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Akutkrankenhäuser.