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Mette Walberg er dr.med., spesialist i medisinsk mikrobiologi og smittevernoverlege i Vestre Viken.
Articles by Mette Walberg
MRSA prevalence among healthcare personnel in contact tracings in hospitals
- Silje B. Jørgensen,
- Nina Handal,
- Kaja Linn Fjeldsæter,
- Lars Kåre Kleppe,
- Torni Myrbakk,
- Dorthea Hagen Oma,
- Yngvar Tveten,
- Mette Walberg,
- Grethe Ørnevik
19.03.2018:
For many years, Norwegian health services have enacted strict measures to prevent the spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). In 2015, a total of 2 233 cases of MRSA (43 per 100 000 person-years) were reported to the Norwegian Surveillance System for Communicable Diseases (MSIS...
Infections in the healthcare service – time for a smart approach
- Mette Walberg,
- Andreas Radtke
12.12.2017:
What is the use of forging ahead if forging in the wrong direction? The practice of frequent point-prevalence surveys of healthcare-associated infections provides oversimplified data and is a poor use of resources. Rather, we should measure more reliable incidence figures. Reorganised monitoring of...
Our data are good enough
- Mette Walberg
09.08.2011:
In a letter to the editor in No. 11/2011 of this journal, the Executive Director of South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority, Bente Mikkelsen (1), expresses some views regarding my commentary in No. 7/2011 of this journal (2), in which I pointed out that the goals of South-Eastern Norway...
Improvement requires good data
- Mette Walberg
08.04.2011:
In order to improve, one must be able to measure. Prevalence data for hospital infections are imprecise and fraught with uncertainty. South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority should concentrate on incidence rates for surgical site infections, which are the type of infections that have the...