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Monitoring to Guide and Evaluate a Healthcare Facility’s Hospital-Acquired Infection Prevention Policy: The Experience of the Mulhouse Hospital Center, France.
The purpose of this article is to describe the role of surveillance in the policy for combating healthcare-associated infections at the Mulhouse Hospital Center. Initially organized by...
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Air Pollution and Hospitalizations for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases, and for Cancers in the Étang de Berre Region, 2004–2007
The area surrounding the Étang de Berre is a densely populated region where numerous industrial facilities have been established for over 50 years. The Fos-Étang de Berre area is thus...
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Assessment of the Health Impacts of Urban Air Pollution, Metz. Trois Vallées Air Quality Protection Plan, 2011. Short- and Long-Term Impacts
This health impact study on air pollution was conducted using the InVS methodological guide. Initially requested for the Metz-Thionville metropolitan area as part of the Trois Vallées...
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Assessment of the Health Impact of Urban Air Pollution on the Nancy Metropolitan Area, 2011. Short- and Long-Term Impacts
This assessment was conducted as part of the Air Quality Protection Plan (PPA), which sets out guidelines aimed at preventing, reducing, or mitigating the effects of air pollution. It...
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Investigation of a multi-organism foodborne illness outbreak. Stade Yves du Manoir, Montpellier (France), February 2010
Objectives - On Saturday, February 20, 2010, firefighters in the Hérault department reported to the Hérault Territorial Delegation of the Regional Health Agency (DT34-ARS) that...
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Regionalization of Surveillance for Syphilis and Other STIs: Principles and Initial Results in Languedoc-Roussillon (France), 2009.
Introduction - The RésIST network brings together clinicians who volunteer to report cases of syphilis, gonorrhea, and anogenital lymphogranuloma to the French Institute for Public...
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Les Bourdenières School District in the municipality of Chenôve (population 21,300): Assessment of health risks associated with wood-preserving chemicals
As part of a campaign to measure pesticide levels in ambient air conducted in August 2007 by the French Agency for Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (Afsset) in three schools...
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The Role of CO Detectors in Alerting and Preventing Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in the Home: An Analysis of the Approach Taken by the Public Housing Authority Bretagne Sud Habitat (Morbihan)
A cross-sectional population survey supplemented by laboratory tests was conducted in 2007 to assess the effectiveness of carbon monoxide detectors in a public housing complex in...
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Hepatitis A outbreak in the Côtes-d'Armor department. August 2007
A descriptive study was initiated in August 2007 following the occurrence of 9 clustered cases of hepatitis A in the Côtes-d'Armor department. A case was defined as a person in whom...
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The Benefits of Using TB-info® Software for Monitoring Patients on Antituberculosis Treatment: An Analysis of the 208 Patients in the 2004 Cohort
Introduction. - We evaluated the utility of the TB-info® software in the management of patients receiving antituberculosis treatment (ATT). Methods. - A cohort study of patients who...
