Se considera que las vacunas son la mejor solución para controlar la actual pandemia por SARS-CoV-2. Sin embargo, la proliferación de cepas resistentes a las vacunas puede ser demasiado rápida para que su aplicación alivie la propagación de la pandemia, así como sus consecuencias...

Background: Reducing rates of healthcare acquired infection has been identified by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care as a national priority. One of the goals is the prevention of central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection (CR-BSI). At least 3,500 cases of...

The provision of health care services by specialist practitioners has implications for professional development particularly in relation to research skills and scholarship. Infection control practitioners (ICPs) are well placed to conduct and promote research that examines existing practices and...

Macroeconomic stability is one of the most important national objectives in anycountry. However, economies are often subjected to a number of shocks(internal and external), which can be destabilising, produce volatility and make itdifficult to achieve and maintain economic stability....

This paper presents the update of the macroeconometric model used at the Bank of Spain for medium term macroeconomic forecasting of the Spanish economy, as well as for performing policy simulations. The many changes that the Spanish economy has experimented in the last years, and the new system...