628 research outputs found
PENICILLIN RESISTANCE AMONG STREPTOCOCCUS-PNEUMONIAE IN EUROPE
No full textPenicillin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae, which has been occasionally described in European isolates since the early 1970s, presently constitutes a general problem, although its rate may vary largely between countries and areas. Spain and Hungary show the highest rates of resistance and were probably the starting point for further dissemination to adjacent and distant countries. In Europe, resistant strains belong predominantly to serotypes 6, 9, 14, 19, and 23, and are isolated more frequently from pediatric than from adult patients, and from respiratory and CSF samples rather than blood. Although penicillin resistance in pneumococci is usually a well-recognized problem, some difficulties, mainly related to methodologic aspects of in vitro susceptibility testing, still subsist for its proper surveillance, but may be overcome through the adoption of adequate diagnostic protocols and tools
Post-graduate medical education in public health: the case of Italy and a call for action
No full textPublic health technical expertise is of crucial importance to inform decision makers’ action in the field of health and its broader determinants. Improving education and training of public health professionals for both practice and research is the starting point to strengthen the role of public health so that current health challenges can be efficiently tackled. At the Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER) Deans’ & Directors’ 2017 Annual Retreat, we presented the structure and management of public health training system in Italy, and we reported recent data on Italian public health specialists’ educational experience, employment opportunities and job satisfaction. Public health training in Italy is implemented in the context of the post-graduate medical education residency programme in Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, delivered by 34 University-based Schools of Public Health. We report relatively high employment rates across the county and wide spectrum of career opportunities for young public health specialists. However, job security is low and training expectations only partially met. We call upon other Schools of Public Health to scale up the survey within the broad ASPHER community in a shared and coordinated action of systematically collecting useful data that can inform the development of public health education and training models, their implementation and fruitful interaction with population health, health systems and services
Ruolo dell’ambiente nella trasmissione di infezioni <BR>in ambito sanitario e interventi conseguenti
No full textA strong evidence is now available about the role of inanimate
environmental surfaces in the transmission of several important
healthcare-associated pathogens which may originate in
outbreaks or ongoing sporadic transmission of infection. A
new approach, based on the fact that pathogens may persist
in the health care environment for days or longer periods, is
therefore needed in order to assess the efficacy of traditional
and innovative decontamination methods and to aid professionals
in defining procedures and policies for infection prevention
strategies for health care environments
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