Hostname: page-component-76fb5796d-22dnz Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-30T01:15:37.724Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Infection Control in Switzerland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Didier Pittet ,
Patrick Francioli ,
Jan von Overbeck ,
Pierre-Alain Raeber ,
Christian Ruef  and
Andreas F. Widmer
Didier Pittet*
Affiliation:
Infection Control Programs of the University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland
Patrick Francioli
Affiliation:
Lausanne, Switzerland
Jan von Overbeck
Affiliation:
Bern, Switzerland
Pierre-Alain Raeber
Affiliation:
Swiss Federal Office of Public Health, Switzerland
Christian Ruef
Affiliation:
Zurich, Switzerland
Andreas F. Widmer
Affiliation:
Basel, Switzerland
*
Infection Control Program, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medecine, Geneva University Hospital, 24, rue Micheli-du-Crest 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Infection control in hospitals is not mandatory in Switzerland as in the United States. There are more than 300 acute-care hospitals in Switzerland. Hospitals are reimbursed by patient-days rather than diagnosis-related group. However, all five Swiss university hospitals have developed an infection control program. The major criteria for setting up and running these programs are reviewed; data are based on a questionnaire and personal interviewing of each institution. Most of the major criteria exist in all five institutions. Resources allocated to infection control differ markedly. The number of infection control nurses per 250 beds varies between 0.2 and 0.75 for the five hospitals; the activity of those in charge of infection control differs between hospitals. A comparison is made between the Swiss and U.S. programs with regard to some aspects of healthcare and infection control.

Type
Global Infection Control
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , January 1995 , pp. 49 - 56
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1995

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

1. La Sante Publique en Suisse. Basel, Switzerland: Pharma Information; 1993.Google Scholar
2. Annuaire Statistique de la Suisse-Office Federal de la Statistique. Bern, Switzerland: Federal Office of Public Health; 1991.Google Scholar
3. Les établissements hospitaliers suisses en chiffres 1991. Centrale des statistiques 1993—Veska Panorama.Google Scholar
4. Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals. Accreditation manual for hospitals. Chicago, IL: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals; 1976.Google Scholar
5. Kauniz, K. Legal aspects of hospital infection. In: Bennett, JV, Brachman, PS, eds. Hospital Infections. 3rd ed. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Co; 1992:533–573.Google Scholar
6. Western, KA, St John, R, Shearer, LA. Hospital infection control—an international perspective. Infect Control 1982;3:453–455.Google Scholar
7. Greaves, WL, Orenstein, WA, Stetler, HC, Preblud, SR, Hinman, AR, Bart, KJ. Prevention of rubella transmission in medical facilities. JAMA 1982;248:861–864.Google Scholar
8. Centers for Disease Control. Recommendations of the immunization practices advisory committee (ACIP): prevention and control of influenza. MMWR 1991;40:1–15.Google Scholar
9. Centers for Disease Control. Recommendations of the immunization practices advisory committee: measles prevention. MMWR 1987;36:409-418, 423–424.Google Scholar
10. Centers for Disease Control. Recommendations of the immunization practices advisory committee (ACIP). Hepatitis B virus: a comprehensive strategy through universal childhood vaccination. MMWR 1991;40:1–25.Google Scholar
11. Parret, Th, Schneider, R, Rime, B, Saghafi, L, Pannatier, A, Francioli, P. Evaluation de l'utilisation des antibiotiques: une etude prospective dans un centre hospitalier universitaire. Schweiz Med Wschr 1993;123:403–413.Google Scholar
12. Société suisse d'infectiologie (rapport de la commission des agents anti-infectieux). Consommation des antibiotiques dans les hôpitaux suisses. Bulletin des Médecins Suisses 1994;75:91–94.Google Scholar
13. Munzinger, J, Bühler, M, Geroulanos, S, Lüthy, R, von Graevenitz, A. Nosokomiales infektionen in einem universitätsspital. Schweiz Med Wschr 1983;113:1782–1790.Google Scholar
14. Prod'hom, G, Saghafi, L, Francioli, P. Pathologie infectieuses dans un hôpital universitaire: une etude de prevalence. Med Hyg 1989;47:1385–1394.Google Scholar
15. Janin, B, Chevalley, F, Raselli, P, Livio, JJ, Francioli, P. Surveillance prospective des infections nosocomiales dans un service de traumatologie et orthopédic. Helv Chir Acta 1993;60:211–218.Google Scholar
16. Prod'hom, G, Leuenberger, Ph, Koerfer, J, et al. Nosocomial pneumonia in mechanically ventilated patients receiving antacid. Ranitidine or sucralfate as stress ulcer prophylaxis: a randomized study. Ann Intern Med 1994;120:653–662.Google Scholar
17. Rime, B, Zufferey, J, Bille, J, Francioli, P. Clinical clues for peripherally inserted catheters removal rather than routine change. 26th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy; New Orleans, Louisiana; 1986. Abstract A1138.Google Scholar
18. Rae, AC, Mach, J, Pittet, D. Etude sur les soins aux patients porteurs de catheters veineux centraux: démarche et résultats. Recherche en Soins Infirmiers 1992;28:32–38.Google Scholar
19. Maki, DG. Infections due to infusion therapy. In: Bennett, JV, Brachman, PS, eds. Hospital Infections. 3rd ed. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Co; 1992:849–898.Google Scholar
20. Widmer, AF. IV-related infections. In: Wenzel, RP, ed. Prevention and Control of Nosocomial Infections. 2nd ed. Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins; 1993:556–579.Google Scholar
21. Pittet, D, Herwaldt, LA, Massanari, RM. The intensive care unit. In: Bennett, JV, Brachman, PS, eds. Hospital Infections. 3rd ed. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Co; 1992:405–439.Google Scholar
22. Haley, RW. Joint Commission's infection control indicators, part I. Infect Control Hosp Epidemio1 1990;11:611–612.Google Scholar