Tularemia has been listed as a notifiable disease since October 2002. The objective of mandatory reporting is to monitor trends in incidence, describe the clinical and epidemiological...

Healthcare-associated infections are more common in intensive care units than in other areas of care due to the critical condition of patients and the invasive nature of life-support...

The results of the French organized breast cancer screening program are presented according to the old guidelines for 2001 and 2002 and according to the new guidelines for 2002. Compared...

The purpose of this report is to present the 2005 version of the heat wave and health alert system. The system remains based on the same principles that were in place during its first...

This report presents the national results from the second year of surveillance of nosocomial bacteremia in France. In 2003, 137 healthcare facilities participated in the French...

Under the auspices of the Network for Alert, Investigation, and Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections (Raisin) and in collaboration with the Study Group on Healthcare Workers’ Risk of...

Key points: - A multidisciplinary surveillance program combines human, equine, avian, and entomological components; - No human or equine cases were reported in 2001 and 2002 in mainland...

In France, the flu is responsible for thousands of deaths each year among vulnerable individuals. Flu vaccination is recommended for these individuals and for healthcare professionals...

In March 2004, an infectious diseases department and a hepatology department in Paris reported to the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) the recent occurrence of...

Decrees No. 96-833 of September 17, 1996 (on the missions and resources of Poison Control Centers) and No. 99-841 of September 28, 1999 (on the organization of toxicovigilance) failed to...