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A One-Health approach to monitoring antimicrobial consumption in Belgium 2012-2021
other antimicrobial classes showed higher consumption in animals. Conclusion This One-Health approach to measure AMC highlight the need to strengthen antimicrobial stewardship interventions, especially ...
Prevalence of Healthcare-Associated Infections in Belgian Acute Care Hospitals in 2022: Results of ECDC Point Prevalence Survey
HAI s and associated factors. The increased prevalence of HAI s revealed in 2022 highlights the need for continuous improvement in infection prevention and control measures. Health Topics: ...
EBoD-FL. Guidelines for mapping the environmental burden of disease in Flanders, 2023
a summary measure that combines both mortality and morbidity. Given the extensive list of potential risk factor-health outcome pairs, a set of priorities was defined in terms of environmental stressors and ...
Knowledge, perceptions and practices related to mosquitoes and mosquito-borne viruses: survey in Belgium, 2022
s) relies on citizens having good knowledge and taking appropriate preventive measures. We assessed current knowledge, perceptions and practices related to mosquitoes and MBV s among adults in Belgium ...
Development of novel analytical methods to trace small micro- and nanoplastics in food matrices
a diameter smaller 1 µm, called nanoplastics (NP s) that could be found in food matrices and environmental samples, by means of specific measurement techniques. Therefore, the aim of this work is to develop ...
Virological surveillance of influenza in Belgium, season 2019-2020
COVID-19, spreading through respiratory transmission, required the implementation of physical distancing measures likely contributed to an abrupt decline of the influenza season. The majority of the H1N1 ...
Occurrence of microcystin congeners in surface waters and food in Belgium as a source of exposure to humans
risk management through concrete policy measures. This doctoral dissertation discusses the development and validation of fit-for-purpose analytical methodologies to quantify the most prevalent cyanotoxin ...
A new data collection system for Epilabo: the network of sentinel laboratories
laboratory test results and the impact of different counter measures in the population by linking datasets. From the summer of 2023 onwards we aim a gradual onboarding of CML to achieve a coverage in all ...
Validation of the Flemish-Dutch diabetic foot ulcer scale short form (DFS-SF) questionnaire for diabetic foot ulcers
Diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) negatively affect the quality of life (QoL) of people with diabetes. The DFU Scale Short Form (DFS- SF) is a validated disease-specific patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) for ...
Validation of the Flemish-Dutch Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS) questionnaire for diabetic foot ulcers
affect the quality of life (QoL) of people with diabetes. The Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS) is a patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) for measuring physical functioning in patients with lower ...