German Society for Hospital Hygiene

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The German Society for Hospital Hygiene eV (DGKH), based in Berlin, is a specialist medical society that deals with the prevention and control of hospital and practice-related illnesses with a focus on infection prophylaxis, health promotion and environmental protection.

The aim of the company is to achieve the best possible hygienic level in all medical areas, to promote scientific work, to convey its findings and to encourage dialogue between hygienists, clinicians, outpatient doctors and dentists as well as nurses, economists, engineers and hygiene specialists . One background is nosocomial infections , from which, according to DGKH estimates, around 800,000 people in Germany fall ill and up to 40,000 people die.

history

The society was founded on May 3, 1990 in Berlin by Herwarth Horn, Axel Kramer, Heike Martiny, Henning Rüden, Heinz-Peter Werner, Wolfgang Weuffen and Burkhard Wille, among others, and had around 280 members by the end of 1990. The first president of the DGKH, Axel Kramer, was appointed to the chair for hygiene and environmental medicine at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald and began to set up the hospital hygiene monitoring of the clinic. From 1992 the DGKH also organized several specialist congresses. By 2002 the number of members rose to around 715 people. The number of members is currently more than 1,000. The association is financially supported by membership fees and by pharmaceutical companies and health companies as sponsoring members.

organization

The board of directors of the DGKH is led by a president whose office is currently held by Martin Exner .

The association is divided into specialist commissions, sections, committees and working groups, with permanent or temporary working groups working for special areas of responsibility within these structures.

The association is a member of the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany eV

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Press release (PDF; 110 kB) of the German Society for Hospital Hygiene
  2. ^ Board of the DGKH. Retrieved September 23, 2019 .