The ESCMID/SHEA Training Course in Hospital Epidemiology was first established in 1999 and over the years evolved into the leading European course in its field. This intensive training programme aims at those working in infection control and hospital epidemiology and is approved by two prestigious international societies in the field of infectious diseases, the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
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