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Hospitalizations for burns based on data from the Medical Information Systems Program. Metropolitan France, 2011, and trends since 2008
Burn injuries can be intentional (violence, assault, suicide, etc.) or accidental (traffic accidents, workplace accidents, accidents in daily life). These injuries can have devastating...
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Interdisciplinary Workshop on Vulnerability to Heat Waves, May 17, 2013
Ten years after the 2003 heat wave, heat waves remain a major public health concern. In light of the increased risk posed by climate change, the French Institute for Public Health...
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Human exposure variables (HEVs) available in France for quantitative health risk assessments (QHRAs)
In quantitative health risk assessment (QHRA), it is necessary, during the exposure characterization phase, to take into account, as much as possible, the specific characteristics of the...
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Mandatory Reporting (MR) of Mesotheliomas. 2012, the first year of operation of the national system
Following a pilot phase conducted in 2011 in six participating regions, mesothelioma was designated, by decree in January 2012, as the 31st notifiable disease (MDO). This project, led by...
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Surveillance of multidrug-resistant bacteria in French healthcare facilities. 2012 data
Controlling the spread of multidrug-resistant bacteria (MDRB) in healthcare facilities is a priority of the national program to combat healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Since...
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MCP Monitoring Program. Results from the 2013 and 2014 Biweekly Reports. Trends from 2007 to 2014
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National Survey on the Prevalence of Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Use in Home Hospitalization Facilities (HAD), France, May–June 2012. Results
In May and June 2012, the national prevalence survey (ENP) of nosocomial infections (NI) and antimicrobial treatments in home hospitalization (HAD) included 179 HAD facilities and 5,954...
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Surveillance of Healthcare-Associated Infections in Adult Intensive Care Units. REA-Raisin Network, France, 2013 Results
The surveillance of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) is a priority in intensive care, a high-risk setting due to patients’ critical condition and their exposure to invasive...
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Monitoring of Antibiotic Use - ATB-Raisin Network. 2014 Results
The ATB-Raisin antibiotic (ATB) usage monitoring system contributes to the appropriate use of antibiotics. Its objectives are to enable each healthcare facility (HCF) to describe and...
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Outbreak of waterborne gastroenteritis in the town of Laruns, Pyrénées-Atlantiques. March 2014
In late March 2014, the Regional Unit of the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) (Cire) and the Aquitaine Regional Health Agency (ARS) were notified of an outbreak of...
