The aim of our study was to test the feasibility and reliability of personal dosimetry. Twenty-four hour exposure assessment was carried out in 42 children, 57 adolescents, and 64 adults using the Maschek dosimeter prototype. Self-reported exposure to mobile phone frequencies were compared with the dosimetry results. In addition, dosimetry readings of the Maschek device and those of the Antennessa DSP-090 were compared in 40 subjects. Self-reported exposures were not associated with dosimetry readings. The measurement results of the two dosimeters were in moderate agreement (r(Spearman) = 0.35; P = .03). Personal dosimetry for exposure to mobile phone base station might be feasible in epidemiologic studies. However, the consistency seems to be moderate.
Implementation of an infection control management concerning multidrug-resistant pathogens in outpatient care is problematic. Prevention strategies are commonly not known or not adequately implemented into daily practice. Actions to improve the situation should focus at the individual level (e.g., trainings in the context of the initiative "clean hands" ), the institutional level (improving networking, bonus schemes) and the social level (financial and legal support for outpatient care centres to bear the expenses of infection control management, "search and destroy").
Surveillance of infection control management and practices by the public health services should focus on the structure of the smaller home care services. At the same time smaller home care services should be supported by offering training for the staff or counselling regarding hygiene-related aspects. Furthermore, the outcome quality of the larger home care services with poorer human resources (one full-time nurse cares for more than 10 dependants) should also be assessed in the frame of infection surveillance.
Training of maternity ward professionals accounts for baby-friendly conditions in maternity clinics. Most willingness for improvements was shown by maternity ward staff particularly for bonding between mother and child as well as for additional feeding. Considerable differences between the hospitals were observed for the promotion of infant formulas before and after the intervention.
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