Reports

Catheters provide vital access to the bloodstream but also increase the risk of infection. This advisory report offers healthcare professionals practical recommendations to prevent bloodstream infections during the insertion, maintenance, and removal of intravascular, subcutaneous, and...

Even after washing, clean linen can still become contaminated. This advisory report offers practical recommendations to care providers and laundries to ensure hygiene during storage, transport and distribution — right up to the care unit.

The SHC’s new advisory report offers comprehensive guidelines on the laboratory methods for detecting and confirming multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) in both clinical and screening samples—a key resource to support timely diagnosis and infection control.

Candida auris poses a threat to vulnerable patients in hospitals. In this report, the Superior Health Council provides an overview of the spread of Candida auris at global, European, and Belgian levels, and offers recommendations to control the spread of this yeast.

At the request of the federal minister of Environment, the Superior Health Council examined the environmental and health impact of mouth mask use, leading to the following conclusions: The protection provided by mouth masks during a pandemic greatly outweighs the potential health risks of...

The Superior Health Council has updated the good practices for the sterilisation of medical devices. This comprehensive advisory report describes the essential steps for the correct processing of medical devices and for...

In this scientific advisory report, which offers guidance to public health policy-makers, the Superior Health Council of Belgium provides a risk assessment of textile face masks treated with a silver-based biocide for protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection.

In this scientific advisory report, which offers guidance to the Belgian healthcare facilities and to public health policy-makers, the Superior Health Council of Belgium provides specific recommendations on infection prevention, control and management when using heat-sensitive endoscopes and...

Prevention of perinatal group B streptococcal infections.