National Guidelines
in Europe
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Austria |
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| Guidelines | None A national law on infectious disease handling has been last modified in 1974. A consensus meeting on this issue is being prepared for April 2000. |
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Belgium |
| Guidelines | Currently under discussion, guidelines based on UK and USA recommendations would be used |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Czech Republic |
| Guidelines | None The Czech Army has started a co-operation with the Czech Society for Infectious Diseases with the goal to build up two isolation units in civilian hospitals (Prague-Bulovka and Hradec Kralove). |
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Denmark |
| Guidelines | National recommendations from the National Health Service (October 1991) |
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Finland |
| Guidelines | National guidelines are currently under discussion. Guidelines of Helsinki University Hospital exist. |
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France |
| Guidelines | National guidelines (for both laboratories and clinical departments) on how to tackle patients with haemorrhagic fever and contact persons, from the Health Ministery and from the Hôpitaux de Paris. A final version with consensus: in progress |
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Germany |
| Guidelines | Recommendations for the management and control of viral hemorrhagic fevers and other dangerous infections in Germany, published by Robert Koch Institute: Fock R. et al.: Management und Kontrolle lebensbedrohender hochkontagiöser Infektionskrankheiten. Bundesgesundheitsblatt-Gesundheitsforschung-Gesundheitsschutz 42 (1999) 389-401 |
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Greece |
| Guidelines | Greece has not up to date national guideliness and/or recommentations. However, some of the hospitals have guidelines. |
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Ireland |
| Guidelines | Informally, recommendations from the UK would be used: Guidelines are currently established by the Dept. of Health. |
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Italy |
| Guidelines | Italian guidelines for viral hemorragic fevers have been prepared during the Ebola Alert in 1995. They are available at the Web site of the Ministry of Health www.sanita.interbusiness. The relevant documents have been issued on the 11th and 26th of may 1995 (see under "normativa"). |
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Portugal |
| Guidelines | Laboratory guidelines, based on international recommendations |
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Slovenia |
| Guidelines | None |
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Slovakia |
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Spain |
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Sweden |
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Switzerland |
| Guidelines | Because the Cantons of Switzerland have the right to issue such guidelines there are only two nationwide recommendations for Switzerland: - Abteilung Medizin, Sektion medizinische Epidemiologie: Virale Hämorrhagische Fieber in der Schweiz - Vorgehen bei Verdachts- oder gesicherten Fällen Bulletin des BAG (1991) 3: 57-58 - Ruef C., Raeber P.A., Komitee von Swiss-NOSO: Vorsichtsmassnahmen im Spital bei vermuteten oder gesicherten Fällen mit viralem hämorrhagischem Fieber. Swiss-NOSO (1996) 3:25-28 |
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The Netherlands |
| Guidelines | Clear guidelines are available for the management of suspected Lassa fever and other haemorrhagic viral fevers. These are published in 1997 by the "National Coordination Structure for Infectious Diseases Control (LCI)", The Hague. |
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United Kingdom |
| Guidelines | Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens Management and Control of Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers ISBN 0-11-321860- Address: The Publications Centre, PO Box 276, London SW8 5DT Fax orders 0171 873 8200. Tel 0171 837 9090 |
| Last Update: 27 November 2001 |