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2002 Feasibility Study. The Labville Network for the Development of a National Electronic Surveillance System for Antibiotic Resistance Using Community Laboratories
The French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) aims to establish a sentinel network of private laboratory practitioners to continuously monitor antibiotic susceptibility in...
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Surveillance of multidrug-resistant bacteria in healthcare facilities in France. BMR-Raisin Network. 2009 Results
Controlling the spread of multidrug-resistant bacteria (MDRB) in healthcare facilities has been a priority of the national program to combat nosocomial infections since the mid-1990s,...
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Exposure of the French Population to Environmental Chemicals. Volume 1. Overview of the Study. Metals and Metalloids
For the first time in France, the biological concentrations of several environmental chemicals have been measured in a representative sample of the population. The French Institute for...
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Exposure of the French population to environmental pollutants. Environmental component of the National Nutrition and Health Survey. Preliminary results
For the first time in France, the biological concentrations of several environmental chemicals have been measured in a representative sample of the population. The French Institute for...
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Methods for analyzing the health impacts of heat waves: real-time monitoring, retrospective estimation
Since 2004, France has implemented the National Heat Wave Plan to prevent the health consequences of heat waves. Under this plan, the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance is...
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The Practice of External Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Infections: A Sociological Study. November 2010
The reporting of healthcare-associated infections is an action-oriented early warning system established by regulation in 2001. While the added value of this system in terms of health...
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Vaccinations Among Healthcare Workers in French Healthcare Facilities, 2009. Vaccination Coverage, Knowledge, and Perceptions Regarding Vaccinations. Final Report
Although vaccination recommendations apply to healthcare professionals in France, there are no national vaccination coverage (VC) data for this population. We conducted a survey to...
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Hospitalizations for burns based on data from the Medical Information Systems Program, mainland France, 2009. Summary
The epidemiology of burns is poorly documented in France. Yet these injuries can have devastating consequences, leading to significant physical and psychological sequelae, and their...
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National Mesothelioma Surveillance Program. Key Findings, 1998–2006
The National Mesothelioma Surveillance Program (PNSM) was established in 1998 by the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance. Its objectives are to estimate trends in incidence...
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Characteristics of patients with Legionnaires' disease caused by Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1, "Mondial" strain, France, 1998–2008
Legionellosis is a lung infection caused by bacteria of the genus Legionella. This disease has been monitored as a notifiable disease since 1987. Between 1998 and 2008, out of a total...
