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Patient empowerment in infection prevention: We all desire simple cooking recipe solutions – but they simply do not exist
Healthcare germs are posing an ever-increasing hazard. Measures to control and prevent their transmission to patients are primarily concentrated on the medical staff today. However,

To be or not to be safe, that’s the question!
Patient safety should be at the core of doctors’ work. Hans Härting, who has been working in the aviation industry for more than thirty years,

Keeping it sanitary – from Semmelweis’ time until today
The Swiss expert Prof. Dr. Didier Pittet stressed the substantial meaning of hand hygiene in hospitals once again at the third CEE Conference on Hospital

The WHO guidelines are clear – we just have to implement them!
“I wish that we soon do not need the Hand Hygiene Day anymore“- This was one of the audience’s statements at the symposium on the
Hospital Hygiene in Hungary: The implementation of daily work is lagging behind!
„Bringing hand hygiene to the national level – the case of Hungary“: The Co-Founder and CEO of HandInScan, is cautiously optimistic that the situation will

Infection Control in the CEE: A Brief Review
Education, training and staff increases: Many challenges in Infection Control remain to be tackled, concurred representatives of CEE countries at the 3rd CEE Conference on

This was our fourth Semmelweis Talk: The influence of COVID-19 on MDRO´s & infection control
This time we were privileged to welcome Andreas Voss, Professor and Chair of the department of clinical microbiology and infection control at the University Medical Center in Groningen, Emese Szilagyi, medical director at Péterfy Hospital in Budapest, and last but not least Jakub Kozák, CEO and co-founder of Datlowe.

Review: Our 2nd Semmelweis Talk about HHEA
“Learning from the Best” has been the motto for the 2nd Semmelweis Talk that took place on 28th of June 2022.
Representatives from Villach (Austria), Ms Elke Schindler, and Pula (Croatia), Ms Martina Močenić, shared insights into their journey as award winners.

Review: Our 1st Semmelweis Talk about Humor
In our first Semmelweis Talk “Humor as Success Factor in Hospital Hygiene” Monica Culen (Red Noses) and Didier Pittet (WHO) gave interesting insights in their work.