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2021-05-21ZeitschriftenartikelImplementation of Automated Blood Culture With Quality Assurance in a Resource-Limited Setting Background: Blood cultures (BC) have a high clinical relevance and are a priority specimen for surveillance of antimicrobial resistance. Manual BC are still most frequently used in resource-limited settings. Data on automated ...
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2022-02-23ZeitschriftenartikelImplementation of hand hygiene in health-care facilities: results from the WHO Hand Hygiene Self-Assessment Framework global survey 2019 Background Hand hygiene is at the core of effective infection prevention and control (IPC) programmes. 10 years after the development of the WHO Multimodal Hand Hygiene Improvement Strategy, we aimed to ascertain the level ...
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2017-10-04ZeitschriftenartikelImplementation of the European health interview survey (EHIS) into the German health update (GEDA) Background: This methodological paper describes the integration of the ‘European Health Interview Survey wave 2’ (EHIS 2) into the ‘German Health Update’ 2014/2015 (GEDA 2014/2015-EHIS). Methods: GEDA 2014/2015-EHIS ...
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2020-05-14ZeitschriftenartikelImplementation of the WHO hand hygiene strategy in Faranah regional hospital, Guinea Healthcare-associated infections are the most frequent adverse events in healthcare worldwide, withlimited available evidence suggesting highest burden in resource-limited settings. Recent Ebola epidemicsemphasize the ...
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2017-01-05ZeitschriftenartikelImplementation of the WHO multimodal Hand Hygiene Improvement Strategy in a University Hospital in Central Ethiopia Background: The burden of health-care associated infections in low-income countries is high. Adequate hand hygiene is considered the most effective measure to reduce the transmission of nosocomial pathogens. We aimed ...
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2020-02-24ZeitschriftenartikelImplications of a change in case definition and screening of asylum seekers for hepatitis B surveillance in Germany in 2015 and 2016 Since 2015, the number of hepatitis B virus (HBV) cases increased substantially in Germany. In 2015, a more sensitive HBV case definition was introduced. This coincided with an asylum seeker influx with differing screening ...
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2018-07-06ZeitschriftenartikelImplications of standardization of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D data for the evaluation of vitamin D status in Germany, including a temporal analysis Background: Comparability of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) measurements is hampered by method-related differences in measurement values. International standardization of laboratory assays has been suggested to solve ...
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2016-01-07ZeitschriftenartikelImported cholera with acute renal failure after a short business-trip to the Philippines, Germany, October 2015 A German businessman developed acute watery diarrhoea after a three-day trip to the Philippines. He was admitted with severe hypotension and acute renal failure, but recovered with rapid rehydration. Vibrio cholerae O1 ...
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2009-02-01ZeitschriftenartikelImported malaria in children in industrialized countries, 1992-2002. Children account for an appreciable proportion of total imported malaria cases, yet few studies have quantified these cases, identified trends, or suggested evidence-based prevention strategies for this group of travelers. ...
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2022-04-24ZeitschriftenartikelImported Pet Reptiles and Their “Blind Passengers”—In-Depth Characterization of 80 Acinetobacter Species Isolates Reptiles are popular pet animals and important food sources, but the trade of this vertebrate class is—besides welfare and conservation—under debate due to zoonotic microbiota. Ninety-two shipments of live reptiles were ...
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2010-09-27ZeitschriftenartikelImproved Detection of Mutated Human Cytomegalovirus UL97 by Pyrosequencing Ganciclovir (GCV) resistance frequently occurs upon prolonged treatment of ongoing active human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection in individuals with immature or compromised immune functions (e.g., recipients of solid-organ ...
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2014-06-03ZeitschriftenartikelImproved Testing of Recent HIV-1 Infections with the BioRad Avidity Assay Compared to the Limiting Antigen Avidity Assay and BED Capture Enzyme Immunoassay: Evaluation Using Reference Sample Panels from the German Seroconverter Cohort Background: The variety and limitations of current laboratory methods for estimating HIV-incidence has driven attempts to improve and standardize the performance of serological ‘Tests for Recent HIV-Infections’ (TRI). ...
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2006-11-01ZeitschriftenartikelImprovement of a national public health surveillance system through use of a quality circle Surveillance systems for infectious diseases build the basis for effective public health measures in the prevention and control of infectious diseases. Assessing and improving the quality of such national surveillance ...
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2011-05-31ZeitschriftenartikelImprovement of H5N1 influenza vaccine viruses: Influence of internal gene segments of avian and human origin on production and hemagglutinin content The H5N1-clade 1 influenza vaccine strain NIBRG-14 produces exceptionally low amounts of antigen, a problem recently encountered also for initial pandemic H1N1-2009 vaccine seeds. Here, we report on a strategy that may ...
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2016-12-02ZeitschriftenartikelImproving Ebola infection prevention and control in primary healthcare facilities in Sierra Leone: a single-group pretest post-test, mixed-methods study Background: Accomplishing infection prevention and control (IPC) in health facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa is challenging. Owing to poor IPC, healthcare workers (HCWs) were frequently infected during Sierra Leone's Ebola ...
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2016-10-13ZeitschriftenartikelImproving influenza virological surveillance in Europe: strain-based reporting of antigenic and genetic characterisation data, 11 European countries, influenza season 2013/14 Influenza antigenic and genetic characterisation data are crucial for influenza vaccine composition decision making. Previously, aggregate data were reported to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control by ...
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2020-12-23ZeitschriftenartikelImproving National Intelligence for Public Health Preparedness: a methodological approach to finding local multi-sector indicators for health security The COVID-19 epidemic is the latest evidence of critical gaps in our collective ability to monitor country-level preparedness for health emergencies. The global frameworks that exist to strengthen core public health ...
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2019-07-11ZeitschriftenartikelImproving preparedness to respond to cross-border hepatitis A outbreaks in the European Union/European Economic Area: towards comparable sequencing of hepatitis A virus Introduction Sequence-based typing of hepatitis A virus (HAV) is important for outbreak detection, investigation and surveillance. In 2013, sequencing was central to resolving a large European Union (EU)-wide outbreak ...
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2018-03-15ZeitschriftenartikelImproving the inclusion and participation of children and adolescents with a migration background in KiGGS Wave 2 In the context of health monitoring at the Robert Koch Institute, the baseline study of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS) surveyed a sample of children and adolescents ...
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2019-03-14ZeitschriftenartikelImproving the information base regarding the health of people with a migration background. Project description and initial findings from IMIRA Germany is an immigration country and nearly a quarter of its population has a migration background. Thus, there is increasingly a need for reliable information on the health situation of people with a migration background. ...