[Patient Care in German Outpatient Clinics for Environmental Medicine Illustrated by the Examples of Hamburg and Munich University Hospitals].

People can be affected by various environmental factors (e. g., odor, noise) which can lead to medical complaints or illnesses.

[Generation of an FAQ page on Dealing with Multi-resistant Pathogens at the Interface of Veterinary and Human Medicine].

Objective: The aims of this work were the systematic and evidence-based generation and answering of frequently asked questions (FAQ) regarding contact with multi-drug resistant pathogens (MDR) including aspects of veterinary and human medicine for the public health service (PHS) and the general population.

Methods: In order to determine the information needs of the population, guideline-based expert interviews with veterinarians and physicians were conducted in five surveys. In addition, information about the project was published in two journals and the participants were asked to submit open questions from their daily routine with respect to MDR.

[Predictors of Adolescents' Willingness to Participate in Long-term Studies: Results of the Ohrkan Cohort Study on Leisure Time Noise Exposure].

Background And Aim Of The Study: The loss of participants during the follow-up of cohort studies can introduce bias if persons who leave the study differ from those who continue to participate over time. Many studies have investigated socio-demographic and health factors associated with participation/non-participation in epidemiological studies. However, relatively few studies are available for school-based cohorts.

The Impact of Migration Background on the Health Outcomes of Preschool Children: Linking a Cross-Sectional Survey to the School Entrance Health Examination Database in Bavaria, Germany.

Aim Of The Study: This study investigated the impact of migration background on the health outcomes of preschool children from families of various social status levels.

Methods: During the school entrance health examination (Schuleingangsuntersuchung (SEU)) from October 2012 to August 2013, the parents of 5052 preschool children (62% response rate) participated in a cross-sectional health survey within the framework of health-monitoring units (Gesundheits-Monitoring-Einheiten (GME)) in Bavaria, Germany. They were handed a self-administered questionnaire with questions relating to the language spoken at home and other socio-demographic characteristics.

[Drawing up a Guideline for Handling Information and Communication Technology, Flexibility and Availability in Small and Medium Enterprises].

Background: Within the last decades the world of work has changed enormously. Due to new Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), working at any time from any place has become possible. Flexibility, availability and the dissolution of boundaries between work and private life are the possible results of this development.

[Exposure of Adolescents to Leisure-Time Noise: Results of the First Follow-Up of the Ohrkan Cohort Study].

Objective: Analysis of changes in leisure noise exposure among adolescents during 2.5 years of follow-up.

Methods: The analysis is based on the Ohrkan cohort study.

[Predictors of Health-related Quality of Life in Bavarian Preschool Children].

Background: Little data are available on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of children in Germany at the age of school enrollment.

Objective: Aim of this study was to investigate the HRQOL of children during school enrollment and to determine its predictors with special focus on environmental factors.

Methods: Data from the fifth survey of the Health-Monitoring-Units (GME) conducted in Bavaria (2010/2011) were analyzed.

Implementation of a novel on-ward computer-assisted surveillance system for device-associated infections in an intensive care unit.

For the presented study a computer-based surveillance system for detecting nosocomial infections (NI) with direct data input from attending on-ward physicians was implemented. During a 12-month period surveillance of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and catheter-associated bloodstream infections (BSI) was performed prospectively by on-ward physicians guided by infection control specialists on an 11-bed medical intensive care unit in a German university hospital. In 603 patients 3282 patient days were assessed.

Additional costs for preventing the spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and a strategy for reducing these costs on a surgical ward.

Objective: To determine the added costs of hygienic measures (barrier precautions, isolation, and decontamination) required for MRSA carriers in German hospitals and possible strategies for cost reduction.

Design: On a septic surgical ward caring for 35% of all MRSA cases in a university hospital (1,182 beds), additional costs for personnel time and materials were calculated and medical charts of all MRSA cases admitted to the ward during 1 year were analyzed retrospectively. Twelve of the ward's 13 beds were located in rooms with at least 2 beds.

Influences on human internal exposure to environmental platinum.

Different influences on internal exposure to platinum are investigated and for the first time weighted in environmentally exposed subjects as far as individual internal platinum concentrations are concerned. Detailed medical and environmental histories as well as oral cavity status were assessed in 84 dermatological patients, and internal platinum exposure was determined by analyzing platinum in urine using adsorptive voltammetry (AV). Platinum concentrations ranged from <0.