Infectious Disease Outpatient Clinics
The infectious diseases outpatient clinic provides outpatient care and co-care for patients with confirmed or suspected infectious diseases. It sees itself as a link to the practicing physicians in southern Baden. In the tropical and travel medicine outpatient clinic/vaccination consultation, we advise and vaccinate travelers before they go abroad.
You can find more information about the infectious diseases outpatient clinics HERE
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Infectious diseases
Offers you an information platform on the subject of infections, treatment options, treatment and counseling services (e.g., travel medicine counseling/vaccination consultation) provided by Infektiologie Freiburg, as well as a database with travel medicine information and various informative links on current risks (e.g., influenza, etc.).
You can find the Infektiologie website HERE
Clean Hands Campaign
What is the "Clean Hands Campaign"?
The goal of the "Clean Hands Campaign" is to improve hand hygiene as the most important tool for preventing hospital infections. It was launched on January 1, 2008, as a national campaign with funding from the Federal Ministry of Health. More than 350 hospitals, the German Air Rescue Service (Deutsche Rettungsflugwacht e.V.), and outpatient facilities are now participating in the campaign. The campaign is sponsored by the National Reference Center for Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections, the Society for Quality Management in Healthcare (Gesellschaft für Qualitätsmanagement in der Gesundheitsversorgung e.V.), and the Action Alliance for Patient Safety (Aktionsbündnis Patientensicherheit).
Further information can be found HERE.
Interesting websites outside the University Medical Center Freiburg
- NRZ - National Reference Center for Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections
- RKI - Robert Koch Institute: Initiation and coordination of Germany-wide activities in the field of prevention and control (nosocomial) of communicable diseases, among other things.
- CDC - Leading health authority in the USA, world's largest hospital hygiene organization Access to hygiene guidelines. Full-text access to the weekly journal MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) and Emerging Infectious Diseases.
- ECDC - Founded in 2005, this central European institution for the prevention and control of infectious diseases is already very active.
- ESCMID - The most important European professional association in the fields of medical microbiology, infectious diseases, and hospital hygiene/infection control.
- SHEA - The US professional association for hospital hygiene/infection control, which is also important for international development.
- WHO - A UN organization that deals with health issues worldwide. Among other things, it offers standards for health prevention in all areas.
- APIC - Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology: Information on current issues relating to infection control.
- HIS - Hospital Infection Society: British organization that deals with all issues relating to hospital hygiene. Access to the monthly journal "Journal of Hospital Infection" and a chat forum on practical hygiene issues.