FRENCH HOSPITAL.

Stress perception among employees in a French University Hospital.

BACKGROUND Nantes University Hospital comprises 20 activity sectors. AIMS To investigate the role of the work environment at the individual level, as well as the workplace level, in explaining the variability in employees' perception of stress. METHODS A self-administered enhanced Karasek Job Content Questionnaire was sent to employees. The main variables were the psychological job demand (...

Cohort Profile: French hospital database on HIV (FHDH-ANRS CO4).

The French Hospital Database on HIV (FHDH) is a hospital-based multicentre open cohort with inclusions ongoing since 1989. The research objectives focus mainly on mid- and long-term clinical outcomes and therapeutic strategies, as well as severe AIDS and non-AIDS morbidities, and public health issues relative to HIV infection. FHDH also serves to describe HIV-infected patients receiving hospita...

Use of glycopeptides at a French teaching hospital.

The recently published guideline for the use of alcohol hand antisepsis states that "If hands are not visibly soiled, use an alcohol-based hand rub for routinely decontaminating hands (IA). Alternatively, wash hands with an antimicrobial soap . . . (IB)." Systematic disinfection before entering and leaving a patient's room complies with this guideline and, as recommended, might be a good educat...

Contribution of the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital to French anesthesiology.

Concurrent Dengue and Malaria in Cayenne Hospital, French Guiana

Dengue-malaria co-infection reports are scarce. Of 1,723 consecutive febrile patients in Cayenne Hospital, 238 had dengue (174 early dengue fever cases) and 393 had malaria (371 acute malaria); 17 had both. Diagnosis of 1 of these 2 infections should not rule out testing for the other infection.