In the following, you will find some websites that offer important information on hygiene and infection control.
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HARTMANN SCIENCE CENTER
The HARTMANN SCIENCE CENTER conducts research in the field of infection prevention and provides advice on disinfection, hygiene, infection prophylaxis and hospital-acquired infection.
German Federal Authorities
- Robert Koch-Institute
Central federal institution responsible for disease control and prevention - Paul Ehrlich-Institute
Federal institute for vaccines and biomedicines - Federal Ministry of Health
- Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices
(Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte, BfArM)
Testing of the activity, harmlessness and appropriate pharmaceutical quality of medicinal products; authorisation of medicinal products - Federal Institute for Consumer Health Protection and Veterinary Medicine at the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment
Evaluation of existing and identification of new health risks; development of recommendations for risk mitigation purposes - Federal Centre for Health Education
(Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung, BZgA) - German Institute for Medical Documentation and Information
(Deutsches Institut für medizinische Dokumentation und Information, DIMDI)
Publication of coding schemes for diagnoses and surgeries; maintenance of medical terminologies, nomenclatures, etc.; operation of information systems for medicinal products and medical devices; assessment of medical procedures and technology - Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
(Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin, BAuA) - Federal Statistical Office
German Professional Associations
- Association of the German Scientific Medical Societies
(Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Wissenschaftlichen Medizinischen Fachgesellschaften, AWMF) - German Association for Hospital Hygiene
(Deutsche Gesellschaft für Krankenhaushygiene, DGKH) - German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology
(Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie, DGHM) - Association for Applied Hygiene
(Verbund für Angewandte Hygiene, VAH) - Association of Hygiene Professionals in the Federal Republic of Germany
(Vereinigung der Hygiene-Fachkräfte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland e.V., VHD) - German Association for the Control of Virus Diseases
(Deutsche Vereinigung zur Bekämpfung der Viruskrankheiten e.V., DVV) - German Society for Virology
(Gesellschaft für Virologie e. V., GfV) - German Society for Immunology
(Deutsche Gesellschaft für Immunologie, DGfI)
International
- Austrian Society for Hygiene, Microbiology and Preventative Medicine
(Österreichische Gesellschaft für Hygiene, Mikrobiologie und Präventivmedizin, ÖGHMP) - Swiss Society for Microbiology (SSM)
- Federation of European Microbiological Societies FEMS Central Office
- American Society for Microbiology
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)