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Surveillance of Infectious Diseases: Principles and Organization in France in 2005
Surveillance is the "continuous and systematic process of collecting, compiling, and analyzing health data, as well as disseminating that data to all those who contributed to its...
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Impact of the Public Health Policy Act of August 9, 2004, on the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance
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Agencies in the healthcare system: a new institutional landscape? The role of agencies
There are agencies specializing in risk management and agencies focused on health system organization. What added value do they bring to the management of the health system? What role...
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Epidemiology of bacterial meningitis in France in 2002
In France, cases of bacterial meningitis are monitored at the national level through two surveillance systems: mandatory reporting and the EPIBAC network of hospital laboratories. The...
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New Horizons in Health Policy
The Director General of the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance presents his analysis of the major challenges that will shape the future of French health policy. He...
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Accidents Involving Exposure to Blood Among Midwives in French Maternity Wards. Results of the 2003 National Surveillance Study
Objective. The midwifery profession is one of the highest-risk occupations for accidental exposure to blood (AEB). Using data from the national AEB surveillance database, we aimed to...
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Fourteenth Conference of the International Society of Exposure Analysis
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Incidence of radiation dermatitis following interventional radiology procedures. Results of a feasibility study among French dermatologists who are members of the French Society of Dermatology
Introduction: Several cases of radiation dermatitis following interventional radiology procedures were observed—almost exclusively by dermatologists—between 1992 and 2000, with very...
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Mycobacterium xenopi infections in France
Mycobacterium xenopi, an atypical mycobacterium, was first described in 1959 when it was isolated from skin lesions of a South African frog, Xenopus laevis; however, its pathogenicity...
