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The unit of Hospital Hygiene, Infection Prevention and Control (unit 14) is concerned with practical issues of infectious disease prevention, in particular the surveillance, analysis and evaluation of nosocomial infections.
unit 14 both supervises and administrates The Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infectious Disease Prevention, the elaboration and publication of relevant guidelines, consultation of the scientific community and records problems associated with the implementation of guidelines. In laboratory-based experiments, procedures to inactivate infectious agents and to interrupt chains of infection, such as disinfection, sterilisation and vaccination are developed and assessed experimentally.
Member or consultant of national and international (standardisation) committees (see Miscellaneous)
Survey: "Hospital-associated Infection Surveillance System" (Krankenhaus-infektions-Surveillance-System, KISS) in collaboration with the National Reference Centre for the Surveillance of nosocomial Infections (Nationales Referenzzentrum für die Surveillance von nosokomialen Infektionen, NRZ). Currently, data on nosocomial infections and post-operative wound infections is collected in about 10% of German hospitals taking part in the survey voluntarily.Laboratory-based experiments to develop biological indicators for the validation of sterilisation procedures, elaboration of practical methods to test disinfecting ( including anti-viral agents) as well as procedures for the disinfection and sterilisation of complex medical devicesLaboratory-based experiments on the inactivation of chronically persisting bacterial pathogens.
Member or consultant of national and international committees
Date: 02.04.2020