Author/Editor		Lešničar, Gorazd; Reberšek-Gorišek, Jelka
Title		Vloga infektologa v regijski bolnišnici
Translated title		The role of infectious disease specialist in a regional hospital
Type		članek
Source		In: Lešničar G, editor. Infektološki simpozij. Zbornik predavanj ob 40-obletnici ustanovitve infektološke sekcije SZD - Združenja za infektologijo SZD; 2001 okt 5-6; Celje. Celje: Splošna bolnišnica Celje,
Publication year		2001
Volume		str. 43-59
Language		slo
Abstract		The very title of this paper indicates that the activity of an infectious disease specialist is very versatile. It is not limited solely to the inpatient and outpatient care of patients with infectious and febrile conditions, but it also includes consultations, particularly in the field of antibiotic prophylaxis and therapy, as well as in the choice of rational microbiological diagnostic procedures and control of intra-hospital infections at a hospital level. It also seems reasonable that an infectious disease specialist in the hospital should be appointed head of the Commission for Antibiotics and the Commission for intra-hospital infection control. Infectious disease specialist is also indispensable as a member of the hospital management teams, in the processes of education and research, as well as in the cases of epidemics, natural disasters, wars and bioterrorism. By the appearance of new infectious diseases and the old ones that burst out in new forms, by the import of tropical diseases into our country, vaccination-related problems, and particularly by the occurrence of multiresistant strains of bacteria (MRSA), infectology has been regaining its importance. Therefore, infectious disease specialists have become indispensable in almost every branch of medical profession, and should thus be present in every Slovenia hospital. Only a uniform and balanced development of infectology with an adequate organizational and professional regional network and a development program that would include all the levels of health care activities in the field of infectology can ensure a quality and uniform control of infectious diseases in the country.
Descriptors		COMMUNICABLE DISEASES CROSS INFECTION HOSPITALS, GENERAL ANTIBIOTICS PROFESSIONAL STAFF COMMITTEES