Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation and structural organization on different types of intraocular lenses under in vitro flow conditions.

Aim: To compare the adherence and structural organization of Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm on intraocular lenses (IOLs).

Methods: IOLs made of 3 different biomaterials [polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), hydrophilic acrylic or hydrophobic acrylic] were incubated into an S. epidermidis bacterial solution.

Health data management and strategic management in Brittany: some practical problems.

Recent changes in the organisation of the French health system include 1996's ordinances, and more recently (4th Law march 2002). The general tendency of all these reforms is the management of the health system at the regional level in France. In This paper we try to find how health data management systems could be concerned by this changes.