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Surveillance of blood-spill incidents in French healthcare facilities in 2007. Results
Under the auspices of the Network for the Alert, Investigation, and Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections (Raisin) and in collaboration with the Study Group on Healthcare Workers’ Risk...
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Report on Cancer Cases in a University of Rennes Building. Interim Report, April 2009
Following a report by the occupational health service regarding what was perceived as an abnormally high number of cancer cases in a building housing two research laboratories at the...
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Thyroid Diseases in the SU.VI.MAX Cohort: Estimation of Their Incidence and Associated Risk Factors, 1994–2002
Since the 1970s, the incidence of thyroid cancer has been rising in France. The French Institute for Public Health Surveillance was tasked with identifying the risk factors that might...
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Hospital Activity Monitoring System in Aquitaine. 2007 Health Data Report
As part of the Interregional Epidemiology Unit’s mission to monitor the health status of the population, in addition to preparing for responses to public health alerts, the hospital...
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Prevalence Survey of Infections in Nursing Homes. France, June–September 2010
Le Raisin coordinated France's participation in the European prevalence survey of infections and prescriptions for anti-infective drugs in long-term care facilities. The survey was...
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Analysis of antibiotic use based on the 2001 national prevalence survey
In 2001, the National Prevalence Survey provided a nationwide overview of the use of antibiotics for curative or prophylactic purposes among all hospitalized patients on a "given day";...
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Gastroenteritis Outbreak in Isère. November 2002
On November 19, 2002, the Isère Departmental Health and Social Services (DDASS) was alerted to a high number of cases of gastroenteritis in the municipalities of Apprieu, Colombre,...
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Epidemiological surveillance of mortality and investigation of spatiotemporal clusters in the workplace. General principles and required data
Systematic surveillance of population health in relation to occupational activity is still underdeveloped in France. The objective of this methodological guide is to facilitate and...
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FISP Day. Public Health Intervention Fund. Conference Proceedings, November 2–3, 1999
In late 1992, public health received an exceptional budget allocation of 100 million francs, known as the Public Health Intervention Fund. An initial funding allocation process,...
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Automated early detection of waterborne gastroenteritis outbreaks using data on drug sales or reimbursements. Feasibility study: selection of health data and pilot departments
Health insurance databases are the only resources available in France that can be used for the online detection of clusters of acute gastroenteritis. It is possible to subsequently...
