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Behandlungseinrichtungen für hochkontagiöse, lebensbedrohliche Erkrankungen: Deutschland im Vergleich zu 15 europäischen Staaten

BACKGROUND: Patients suffering from highly contagious, life-threatening infections should be treated in specialized clinical facilities that follow the highest infection control standards. Consensus statements defining technical equipment and operational procedures have been published in recent year...

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Autores principales: Schilling, Stefan, Brodt, H.-R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7080071/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26104541
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00103-015-2161-2
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description BACKGROUND: Patients suffering from highly contagious, life-threatening infections should be treated in specialized clinical facilities that follow the highest infection control standards. Consensus statements defining technical equipment and operational procedures have been published in recent years, but the level of adherence to these has not been evaluated. METHODS: Data summarized here comparing German and European isolation facilities are the partial results of a cross-sectional analysis conducted by the “European Network for Highly Infectious Diseases” that included 48 clinical care facilities in 16 European nations. Data collection was conducted using questionnaires and on-site visits, focussing on aspects of infrastructure, technical equipment, and the availability of trained personnel. RESULTS: Although all centres enrolled were listed as “isolation units”, all aspects evaluated differed broadly. Eighteen facilities fulfilled the definition of a ‘High Level Isolation Unit’, as 6/8 enrolled German facilities did. In contrast, 24 facilities could not operate independently from their co-located hospital. DISCUSSION: Within and between nations contributing data disparities regarding the fulfilment of guidelines published were seen. German isolation facilities mostly fulfilled all criteria evaluated and performed on a high technical level. However, data presented do not reflect the current situation in Germany due to the time that has elapsed since the study was conducted. Hence, longitudinal data collection and harmonisation of terminology at least on national level needs to be implemented.
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spelling pubmed-70800712020-03-23 Behandlungseinrichtungen für hochkontagiöse, lebensbedrohliche Erkrankungen: Deutschland im Vergleich zu 15 europäischen Staaten Schilling, Stefan Brodt, H.-R. Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz Leitthema BACKGROUND: Patients suffering from highly contagious, life-threatening infections should be treated in specialized clinical facilities that follow the highest infection control standards. Consensus statements defining technical equipment and operational procedures have been published in recent years, but the level of adherence to these has not been evaluated. METHODS: Data summarized here comparing German and European isolation facilities are the partial results of a cross-sectional analysis conducted by the “European Network for Highly Infectious Diseases” that included 48 clinical care facilities in 16 European nations. Data collection was conducted using questionnaires and on-site visits, focussing on aspects of infrastructure, technical equipment, and the availability of trained personnel. RESULTS: Although all centres enrolled were listed as “isolation units”, all aspects evaluated differed broadly. Eighteen facilities fulfilled the definition of a ‘High Level Isolation Unit’, as 6/8 enrolled German facilities did. In contrast, 24 facilities could not operate independently from their co-located hospital. DISCUSSION: Within and between nations contributing data disparities regarding the fulfilment of guidelines published were seen. German isolation facilities mostly fulfilled all criteria evaluated and performed on a high technical level. However, data presented do not reflect the current situation in Germany due to the time that has elapsed since the study was conducted. Hence, longitudinal data collection and harmonisation of terminology at least on national level needs to be implemented. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2015-06-24 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC7080071/ /pubmed/26104541 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00103-015-2161-2 Text en © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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Behandlungseinrichtungen für hochkontagiöse, lebensbedrohliche Erkrankungen: Deutschland im Vergleich zu 15 europäischen Staaten
title Behandlungseinrichtungen für hochkontagiöse, lebensbedrohliche Erkrankungen: Deutschland im Vergleich zu 15 europäischen Staaten
title_full Behandlungseinrichtungen für hochkontagiöse, lebensbedrohliche Erkrankungen: Deutschland im Vergleich zu 15 europäischen Staaten
title_fullStr Behandlungseinrichtungen für hochkontagiöse, lebensbedrohliche Erkrankungen: Deutschland im Vergleich zu 15 europäischen Staaten
title_full_unstemmed Behandlungseinrichtungen für hochkontagiöse, lebensbedrohliche Erkrankungen: Deutschland im Vergleich zu 15 europäischen Staaten
title_short Behandlungseinrichtungen für hochkontagiöse, lebensbedrohliche Erkrankungen: Deutschland im Vergleich zu 15 europäischen Staaten
title_sort behandlungseinrichtungen für hochkontagiöse, lebensbedrohliche erkrankungen: deutschland im vergleich zu 15 europäischen staaten
topic Leitthema
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7080071/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26104541
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00103-015-2161-2
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