5th IFIC Congress, Porec, Croatia, October 9-12, 2004

These proceedings represent selected lectures that IFIC got permission to publicise:

Book of Abstracts	707 KB
MRSA: Politics, Policy and Paul Simon? Barry Cookson and Smilja Kalenic	163 KB
A European Consensus on Infection Control Professionals’ Training Barry Cookson and the DG SANCO Funded HELICS Education Working Party	47 KB
Surveillance of the ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) Bruno Baršić	140 KB
Basic Education of Infection Control Nurses in Croatia: Plan and Programme V.Tripkovic, J. Horvatic, S. Kalenic and M. Šumić Orlić	94 KB
Cleaning/Surface Disinfection in Hospitals: Pros and Cons F.D. Daschner	118 KB
Antimicrobial usage vs. resistance in hospital Igor Francetić	43 KB
Isolation policy – background, premises and patient placement Anna Hambraeus	29 KB
Surveillance of CVC-Related Infections Peter Heeg and Thomas Hierl	134 KB
Role of Infection Control Nurse (ICN) - Croatia J.Horvatic, S. Kalenic, V. Tripkovic, M. Medved and M. Sumic-Orlic	18 KB
The Burden of Nosocomial Infection in the Context of Antimicrobial Resistance Donald A. Goldmann	270 KB
Influenza in hospitals- a persistent threat Hans J. Kolmos	31 KB
Isolation Policy Ulrika Ransjo	329 KB
Isolation policy – present situation in Croatia Vesna Tripkovic	24 KB
Renaissance Man as Archetype for the Evolving Infection Control Practitioner M. Walker, E.A. Bryce, J. Horvatic and S. Kalenic	136 KB
Peracetic Acid and Instrument Disinfection Bernhard Meyer	171 KB
Antibiotic resistance surveillance – a Croatian perspective Arjana Tambić Andrašević	368 KB
Surveillance of surgical site infections Smilja Kalenic, Nizam Damani	200 KB
Blood – borne infections Nataša Boban	1,170 KB
Decontamination and Disinfection of Medical Instruments Vlatka Turčić	92 KB
Reducing staphylococcal infections in Banso Baptist Hospita (BBH) OB unit, Cameroon, West Africa Nkwan Jacob	88 KB
Are we achieving rational practice in clinical waste management? Michael A. Borg	635 KB
Can health-care workers who are Hepatitis B carriers continue their work? Gertie v Knippenberg-Gordebeke	981 KB
Prevention of infections with multiresistant Gram-negative Bacteria Gary French	2.75 MB!!!
Medical waste: current practices, safe management Ossama Rasslan	46 KB
Role of institutions in spread of BBV in low income countries Shaheen Mehtar	183 KB