Role of epidemiologic information system in @entity944 prevention among Croatia's haemodialysis XXXX .

@entity1 @entity204 @entity166 @entity944
The main aim of Croatia's epidemiological information system is to enable the monitoring of @entity166 as well as to enable necessary interventions. Its 24-hour epidemiologic alert mechanism made it possible for initial reports of @entity944 in haemodialysis units to reach epidemiologists on the night of 12 October 2001. The alert about the sudden @entity204 among haemodialysis @entity1 in two hospitals has prompted us to do an epidemiological inquiry during that night and early the next morning. It looked at suspicions of a possible link between Baxter Plivadial P-15 lot 2001F075 dialyser and these @entity204 . As the suspicion was based on a small amount of data, it needed confirmation from a countrywide inquiry involving the other 40 haemodialysis units. A phone inquiry showed that 23 haemodialysis @entity204 occurred on 8-13 October 2001. It suggested that also dialyser of a different type and lot (P-18 2001B17R) should be incriminated. During the inquiry (October 13), all haemodialysis units were informed of the suspicions regarding incriminated dialysers, and of the necessity of temporary withdrawal of these from use. The withdrawal on 13 October of incriminated dialysers stopped the @entity204 among haemodialysis @entity1 . No more such sudden @entity204 have been recorded since that could be linked either to the described period or to this clinical picture.
