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Prevalence of antibiotic treatment in hospitals. Results of the 2001 National Survey on the Prevalence of Nosocomial Infections.
According to data on antibiotic sales, France is the leading consumer of antibiotics in Europe, with 3 Defined Daily Doses per 1,000 hospital-days. Individual data were collected during...
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European Network for the Surveillance of Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance (EARSS): 2002 Results, France's Position.
To obtain regular information on antibiotic resistance, the European Commission (EC) has funded an antibiotic resistance surveillance system since 1998, known as the European...
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The French Heat Wave and Health Alert System 2004 (SACS 2004). A component of the National Heat Wave Plan.
The August 2003 heat wave in France was exceptional, both in terms of maximum and minimum temperatures and the associated short-term excess mortality. To anticipate the occurrence of a...
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Organochlorine Insecticides in the Caribbean: Identification of Hazards and Toxicological Reference Values (TRVs). Current State of Knowledge
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Review of regional air quality plans. Consideration of health-related aspects. Review of studies on the impacts of urban air pollution
In 1996, the Law on Air Quality and Rational Energy Use called for the implementation of Regional Air Quality Plans (PRQA), which must, among other things, be based on an assessment of...
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HIV Screening and Diagnosis in Laboratories in France
A surveillance system (LaboVIH) was established in 2001 in medical testing laboratories with two objectives: - first, in 2001 and 2002, a period when mandatory reporting of HIV infection...
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Mandatory HIV Reporting: A Public Health Priority. Editorial
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Preliminary results from the new HIV surveillance system and the status of the AIDS epidemic as of September 30, 2003
Mandatory reporting of new HIV diagnoses, combined with virological surveillance of recent infections and circulating subtypes, was therefore implemented in March 2003 to gain a better...
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Glycopeptide-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (GISA). In hospitals in France, 2000–2001
The presence of glycopeptide-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (GISA) strains isolated from hospitalized patients in France was reported to the French Institute for Public Health...
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Morbidity and mortality due to foodborne infectious diseases in France
In order to clarify the nature and extent of foodborne infectious diseases in France and to guide priorities regarding measures for the prevention and control of these diseases, a study...
