[Results on the status of the organizational structures in hospital hygiene in Germany--I. Overall evaluation with special reference to acute hospitals].

The results of an inquiry about the hospital hygiene in 2034 German hospitals demonstrate, that 35% of all hospitals have a hospital epidemiologist, 66% have infection control nurses and 86% infection control physicians. Infection control committees are present in 81% of German hospitals. 88% of all hospitals use the guideline of the Federal Public Health Office "On the Identification, Prevention and Control of Hospital Infections" as a basis for all decisions on hospital hygiene.