Deutsche Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Krankenhaus-Hygiene e.V.
Declaration of the Board of Directors of the German Society of Hospital Hygiene (DGKH)
Air Quality in the Operating Room – Surgical Site Infections, HVAC Systems and Discipline
Notice - Working Group for Testing Detergents AG RMT
Test method for comparative evaluation of instrument detergents for manual reprocessing of surgical instruments on the basis of fibrin
Guideline compiled by DGKH, DGSV and AK
Validation and routine monitoring of automated cleaning and thermal disinfection processes for medical devices
5th Edition 2017 as PDF for download available
Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI)
Recommendations
Following an invitation of the German Society for Hospital Hygiene (DGKH) to all IFIC members from Europe a meeting took place at the beginning of 2008 in Berlin with the idea to start an European Network to promote infection prevention for patient safety.
After the presentation of available documents from Germany the participants regretted that the documents are only available in German. For that reason the DGKH decided to translate the recommendations into English.
Here you will find the recommendations from the Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) and a recommendation from the working group “Hygiene in Outpatient and Inpatient Nursing” section in English and German.
- Hygiene Requirements for Reprocessing Medical Devices
- Hygiene Requirements for Reprocessing Flexible Endoscopes and Additional Endoscopic Instrumentation
- Hygiene Requirements of the Constructional-Functional Design and Instrumental Equipment for Endoscopy Units
- Clothing and Protective Equipment for Caring Professions From a Hygiene Perspective
- Recommendations for Preventing and Controlling Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Strains (MRSA) in Hospitals and other Healthcare Facilities
- Hygiene Requirements for Cleaning and Disinfecting Surfaces
Recommendation of Section „Klinische Antiseptik”
Prevention of post-operative infections after surgical treatment of bite wounds
After reviewing the literature about the microbial spectrum, the risk factors of post-operative infections, and the results of surgical interventions, the following recommendation can be made for the management of bite wounds ...
Recommendation from DGKH and DGAI
Infection prevention during anaesthesia ventilation by the use of breathing system filters (BSF)
Joint recommendation by German Society of Hospital Hygiene (DGKH) and German Society for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (DGAI)
An interdisciplinary working group from the German Society of Hospital Hygiene (DGKH) and the German Society for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (DGAI) worked out the following recommendations for infection prevention during anaesthesia by using breathing system filters (BSF) ...