title: [Hospital Infection Epidemiology Nederland (ZIEN): from club to study group].
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 fungemia in hospitalised patients, risk factors for acquiring methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus during a stay abroad, and prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci.
authors.affiliation: Academisch Ziekenhuis Vrije Universiteit, afd. Klinische Microbiologie en Ziekenhuishygiënè, Amsterdam.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Vandenbroucke-Grauls
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Kluytmans
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Voss
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008511:Medicine; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D013038:Specialization