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Trends of Clostridioides difficile infections in Belgian hospitals, between 2010 and 2022
observed. In 2022, a significant increase in HA- CDI incidence was reported of 1.31 (95% CI 1.23 – 1.39) to 1.62 (95% CI 1.53 – 1.71), and for all CDI this was from 2.41 (95% CI 2.30 – 2.51) to 2.78 (95% CI ...
Antimicrobial Use in Belgian Acute Care Hospitals: Results of the 2022 ECDC Point Prevalence Survey
9.6%). The most frequently reported diagnoses for medical antimicrobial treatment were pneumonia (25.7%) and urinary tract infections (17.1%). The reason for AU was available in 80.0% of the medical notes. ...
Installment of the Sciensano biobanks and their data quality management: lessons learned from the practical implementation of data quality control measures
Platform (CBP) has been developed at Sciensano to support these divers Sciensano biobanks, having 171.345 samples of various types being currently preserved. Since its installment, the CBP has optimized the ...
Multimorbidity healthcare expenditure in Belgium: a 4-year analysis (COMORB study).
limited cost data, presents challenges in developing cost-effective patient-care pathways. We estimated the costs of managing 171 dyads and 969 triads in Belgium, taking into account the influence of ...
Check of APpropriaTeness of Antimicrobial therapy In Nursing homes (CAPTAIN): a point prevalence study in Belgium
a total of 171 PIP s, with 49 unique PIP s. Of all unique PIP s, 26.5% were assessed with a high severity score (≥4). According to the expert panel, most inappropriate practice was starting AMT for cough ...
Cluster pattern analysis of environmental stressors and quantifying their impact on all-cause mortality in Belgium
ASMR (ASMR + 26,9%, 95% CI: 17,1 – 36,5%). Health Topics: Air pollution Luchtvervuiling Pollution de l'air Service: Information sanitaire Gezondheidsinformatie Health information Évaluation des ...
Trauma Exposure, Social Support and Mental Health in the General Population in Belgium
exposure (p < 0.001), and 17.1% had never disclosed their trauma to anyone. Sexual violence was higher among women (64.5%) and was also the least disclosed form of trauma. Conclusions: Trauma exposure is ...
Human papillomavirus negative high grade cervical lesions and cancers: Suggested guidance for HPV testing quality assurance
Clinical Virology, Volume 171 (2024) Health Topics: Health and disease monitoring Surveillance de la santé et des maladies Ziekten en gezondheid in kaart brengen Manuscript versions: DOI: ...
Aluminium intake through the consumption of selected baby foods and risk characterization in a population of Brazilian infants aged 0 to 36 months
combining mean levels of Al in 171 samples of baby foods (infant formula, meat/vegetable purees, fruit purees, petit-suisse and cereals), analytically determined by inductively coupled plasma optical emission ...
Titanium analyses in food before and after ban of the food additive E171
Publication Type: Sci. report, recommendat°, guidance doc., directive, monograph Authors: Régis Nkenda; Sophie Van Den Neucker; Heidi Demaegdt; Jan Mast; Karlien Cheyns Source: p.16 (2023) Health Topics: Food consumption and food safety Consommation et s ...