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Wastewater monitoring can anchor global disease surveillance systems
To inform the development of global wastewater monitoring systems, we surveyed programmes in 43 countries. Most programmes monitored predominantly urban populations. In high-income countries (HIC s), ...
Monitoring HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis programmes in the EU/EEA
calls for relevant and actionable data that are feasible to collect as well. In addition, a streamlined approach to PrEP monitoring across EU / EEA countries is required to paint a more detailed picture ...
National Surveillance of Infections acquired in Intensive Care Units: Annual Report 2015
intensive care unit report Surveillance Abstract: The annual upload of the national surveillance database to the TESS y system of ECDC allows comparison of results with other EU networks following the ECDC ...
Quantifying burden of disease to support public health policy in Belgium: opportunities and constraints
DALY s were to be used for guiding health policy, a more systematic approach is required. By integrating DALY s in the current data generating systems, comparable estimates, rooted in recent local data, ...
National surveillance of nosocomial infections in neonatal intensive care units in Belgium (Neo-KISS)
in nosocomial infection rates. Indeed, nosocomial infections are more frequent in preterm infants than in pediatric patients, especially in very low birth weight infants (<1500 gram). Studies in ...
Burden of influenza, healthcare seeking behaviour and hygiene measures during the A(H1N1)2009 pandemic in France: a population based study.
Volume 12 (2012) Keywords: burden INFLUENZA population study Abstract: BACKGROUND: Influenza surveillance systems do not allow the identification of the true burden of illness caused by influenza in the ...
"SSS" Scan speed, Sensitivity and Smooth: how to manage?
analysis. Nonetheless, analysing more than 200 compounds in one run can push this type of system to its limit. This seminar will demonstrate how you can balance a perfect compromise between scan speed, high ...
Parenteral versus oral administration of systemic antimicrobials in European nursing homes: a point-prevalence survey.
had been admitted more recently into the NH (p = 0.007). Empirical treatment of respiratory tract infections (RTI s) accounted for the majority of parenteral antimicrobials, while prophylaxis of urinary ...
Nation-wide prospective surveillance of Clostridium difficile infections in hospitals in Belgium, July 2007-June 2008.
hospital-associated (half of which occurred 15 days or more after admission). CDI was considered the cause of death (direct or indirect) for 10% of the episodes. The median incidence of CDI was 1.5 per 1,000 admissions ...
Critical aspects in implementing the OECD monograph No. 14 "the application of the principles of GLP to in vitro studies".
principles of good laboratory practice (GLP) were originally developed for application to animal-based toxicology studies. On the other hand, more and more studies involving in vitro test systems are performed ...