Organisational structure and activities of the Reference Centre for Urinary Tract Infections of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare from 2005 to 2010

Abstract

Referentni centar Ministarstva zdravstva i socijalne skrbi RH za infekcije mokraćnog sustava djeluje u Klinici za infektivne bolesti "Dr. Fran Mihaljević" u Zagrebu od siječnja 2005. godine. Referentni centar ispunjava sva zadana, zakonom propisana mjerila, te kao centar stručnosti i izvrsnosti, obavlja najsloženije oblike zdravstvene zaštite iz infekcija mokraćnog sustava (IMS) bolesnika. Mjerila stručnosti se odnose na postignute znanstvene i stručne rezultate u praćenju, proučavanju i unaprjeđenju prevencije, dijagnostike i terapije, a u skladu sa svjetskim standardima. Centar ima visoko - stručne kadrove i suvremene prostorne uvjete. Aktivnosti centra odvijaju se u sklopu bolničko-stacionarne i specijalističko - konzilijarne službe, uz potporu gotovo svih kliničkih laboratorija i zavoda Klinike. Veći dio bolesnika obrađivan je i liječen u Zavodu za urogenitalne infekcije, Klinike za infektivne bolesti "Dr. Fran Mihaljević" i u Ambulanti za urogenitalne infekcije. Na Klinici se za liječenje bolesnika s IMS primjenjuju najnoviji dijagnostički i terapijski postupci. Preporuke dijagnostike i liječenja IMS-a u suradnji sa stručnim društvima HLZ-a i srodnim Referentnim centrima MZSS RH donešene su 2004., 2006. i 2009. godine (9,10,11).The Reference Centre for Urinary Tract Infections of the Croatian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has been active at the University Hospital for Infectious Diseases "Dr Fran Mihaljevic" in Zagreb since January 2005. The Reference Centre fulfills all mandatory, statutory requirements, and as the centre of professionalism and expertise provides the most complex tasks of patient health care in the field of urinary tract infections. The criteria of expertise refer to achieved scientific and professional results in monitoring, analysis and improvement of prevention, diagnostics and therapy of urinary tract infections in accordance with international standards. The reference centre has highly qualified and modern infrastructural conditions. The activities of the centre are performed at the inpatient, hospital and outpatient specialist departments, in collaboration with all clinical laboratories and departments of the hospital. The majority of the patients are treated at the Department for Urogenital Infections and the Outpatient Clinic for Urogenital Infections of the University Hospital for Infectious Diseases "Dr Fran Mihaljevic", Zagreb. Latest diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for the treatment of patients with urinary tract infections are in use at the hospital. Recommendations for diagnostics and treatment of urinary tract infections in collaboration with professional societies of the Croatian Medical Association and related reference centers have been published in 2004, 2006 and 2009. (9,10,11)