id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-275912-p979bnvu Thiberville, Simon-Djamel Diagnostic issues and capabilities in 48 isolation facilities in 16 European countries: data from EuroNHID surveys 2012-09-25 .txt text/plain 1830 80 45 CONCLUSIONS: The discrepancies among the referral centers surveyed between the level of practices and the European Network of Infectious Diseases (EUNID) recommendations have multiple reasons of which the interest of the individuals in charge and the investment they put in preparedness to emerging outbreaks. The specific mission of EuroNHID is to prepare and support isolation facilities to provide appropriate infection control measures and strategies for health care worker (HCW) safety during care to patients with suspected and confirmed HIDs. The appropriate management of HID cases requires high-level diagnostic capabilities. Although most of the isolation facilities surveyed have appropriate diagnostic capabilities and infection control procedures for the safe handling of specimens, 31% and 11% performed their routine and microbiological diagnostic tests in the central laboratory without any measures of biosecurity and biosafety as recommended by the EUNID [6] . ./cache/cord-275912-p979bnvu.txt ./txt/cord-275912-p979bnvu.txt