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The Haute Autorité de Santé (HAS), created by the French Health Insurance Act of August 13, 2004, is an independent scientific public authority, with legal personality and financial autonomy. Involved in the fight against antibiotic resistance, the HAS provides professionals and the general public with a range of tools to encourage the adoption of best practices in the use of antibiotics., (Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)

Five million deaths per year worldwide could be prevented if physical activity (PA) recommendations were followed. Scientific studies have shown with a high level of evidence that PA prevents and treats most chronic diseases. It also contributes to the prevention of the main risk factors for these diseases. In France, whatever the age group, physical activity is considered insufficient in relation to the recommendations of the World Health Organisation. However, over the last ten years, public policies have been moving in the direction of promoting physical activity., (Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)

Observation, interpretation, actions for improvement, questioning are all terms that echo the situation of caregivers since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic in France at the beginning of 2020. All those involved in the healthcare chain have had to cope with the influx of patients and to show that they are capable of seeing their practices evolve on a daily basis. What was recommended a few weeks earlier could quickly become obsolete. It was necessary to be reactive and the question of drug treatments was at the heart of the concerns, requiring prescribers to keep themselves informed and pharmacists to be as mobilized as possible to respond to requests from the field as quickly as possible., (Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)

In France, several caregivers have died of COVID-19. Certain pathologies or treatments were correlated with more severe forms. What measures have been put in place to protect the health of hospital caregivers who are particularly exposed?, (Copyright © 2020. Publié par Elsevier Masson SAS.)

The evaluation of the patient and his burned body surface is one of the fundamental prerequisites for his care on site as well as for the initiation of his care journey. New tools such as the E-burn application and telemedicine improve this assessment and remote medical assistance management by reducing the risk of under-sorting or over-sorting. Telemedicine limits inappropriate secondary inter-hospital transfers and the resulting increased mortality. It is carried out according to standards that ensure safety and confidentiality for the patient and caregivers., (Copyright © 2019. Publié par Elsevier Masson SAS.)

The prevention of the infection risk combines standard precautions and complementary precautions which include septic and protective isolation. The aim of septic isolation is to prevent the risk of cross-transmission between an infected patient and another noninfected patient, caregiver or visitor. Protective isolation consists in preventing the transmission of a potentially infectious agent to an immunocompromised patient., (Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)

The safety of patient care entails complying with the temperature requirements for thermosensitive drugs. Field studies carried out at the CHU de Caen University Hospital have demonstrated that patients and caregivers do not understand the critical aspect of thermosensitive drugs. This observation has led to the development of tools designed to secure the cold chain for thermosensitive drugs and to increase awareness among healthcare professionals., (Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)