title: [Legal aspects of the supervision of nosocomial infection].
abstract: Hospital infections are a serious epidemiological problem since hospital departments have been established. Through many years the problem of hospital infections was unsatisfactorily recognized and not until 1970 appeared in Poland publications concerning hospital infections and suggesting systems of control as well as inspection. In the same time acts and instructions were issued defining principles and procedures in case of nosocomial infections. The aim of this paper was to show changes in legislation concerning the incidence, registration and action against hospital infections.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Zakładu Mikrobiologii Wydziału Farmaceutycznego i Oddziału Medycyny Laboratoryjnej w Sosnowcu Slaskiej Akademii Medycznej w Katowicach. rwojtyczka@slam.katowice.pl
authors.forename: Robert D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Wojtyczka
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kepa
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brela
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pacha
authors.forename: Zenobia
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wydmuch
authors.forename: Danuta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Idzik
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D017053:Infection Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000379:methods; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016365:Liability, Legal; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000517:prevention & control; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012307:Risk Factors; D018805:Sepsis / Q000517:prevention & control; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control