Our services

Consultations, examinations and treatment

General Infectious Diseases

The Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology is divided into a number of subject-specific specialties and functional clinics which are individually managed and supervised by specialist physicians.

You may use the navigation bar to find more information on infectious diseases, which are the main focus of our department.

If you have any further questions, please contact the administration office of the relevant consultation clinic.

Appointments and information
Phone. +41 44 255 33 22 or +41 44 255 88 31
Fax +41 44 255 44 99
infektiologie@usz.ch
Registration required at front desk (RAE A 21-23)

Responsible Medical Doctor
Prof. Dr. med. Rainer Weber

Consultations Office
University hospital Zurich
Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology
RAE U 53
Raemistrasse 100
8091 Zurich

Operating hours
08.00-12.00 and 13.00-17.00

Closed: Saturday/Sunday and public holidays

Contact address
University hospital Zurich
Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology
Prof. Rainer Weber, MD
Raemistrasse 100
8091 Zuerich

HIV-counselling and anonymous HIV test

Why should I perform a HIV test?

New sexual partnership
Wish to become pregnant or pregnancy
Suspicion of primary HIV infection
Needle stick injury, Exposure to blood on mucous membranes/eyes
Month after a risk situation
Unprotected vaginal sex
Oral sex with ejaculation of semen in mouth
Oral sex with menstrual blood in mouth
Unprotected anal intercourse

We advise patients who wish to have a HIV test and perform a counselling if in situations at risk a postexposure prophylaxis is needed.

We offer a consultation before testing, a blood collection and then a notification and counselling after testing (no written results).

Without previous booking

Monday/Wednesday: 17.15 - 18.15 pm

Costs: Cash only payments: Fr. 50.-

Place: Raemistrasse 100, RAE U 53

Consultation service for Infectious Diseases

University hospital Zurich, intern
If there are Infectious Diseases problems in either hospitalized or ambulatory patients we will be glad to visit the patient and offer our expert assessment. This service is provided to all clinics of the University hospital of Zurich.

External advice
We offer telephone consultations to practitioners and hospital doctors, respectively regarding management, diagnosis and therapy of all types of Infectious Diseases.

Schedule consultation By telephone or pager 181 124 255 (attending physician) and in written form (KISIM) During the night and at weekends 044 255 11 11 email: infektiologie@usz.ch	Contact address University hospital Zurich Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology Prof. Rainer Weber, MD Raemistrasse 100 8091 Zuerich
Antibiotic guidelines The antibiotic guidelines can be ordered at the Secretariat Hospital Epidemiology +41 44 255 57 30 cost: CHF 20.00

Consultation Infectious Disease service

Joint prostheses are constantly increasing. Prosthetic joint infections are rare but dreaded surgical complications. Bone infections are infections of the bone. Both infections result either of a preceding operation with development of a biofilm on the prosthetic joint, through the expansion of an adjacent infection (skin infection) or by spreading through the bloodstream

The treatment of prosthetic joint infections or bone infections consists of a surgical cleaning or removal of the prosthesis and a long antibiotic therapy, which must be carefully selected to the pathogen found.

In a collaboration with orthopedists and microbiologists, we advise you with questions about prosthetic joint- and bone infections either in our outclinic or during their inpatient stay at the orthopedic University Hospital Balgrist Zürich and in the Schulthess Klinik Zürich.

Registration and information
Phone. +41 44 255 33 22 or 075 432 04 89(daytime)
Phone. +41 44 255 11 11 (nights, weekends
and public holidays)

Responsible Medical Doctor
Yvonne Achermann, MD, Attending physician
Prof. Annelies Zinkernagel, MD, Senior physician

Balgrist
Consultation hours
Tuesday and Thursday: 14.30h-17h

Schulthess
Consultation hours
Wednesday: 14.00h-17h

Contact address
University hospital Zurich
Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology
Yvonne Achermann, MD
Raemistrasse 100
8091 Zuerich

Hospital Epidemiology

We discover and avoid infections that can be transmitted in the hospital.
We advise physicians in practice in foreign hospitals, nursing homes and rehabilitation clinics in the care of patients with hospital hygiene problems. Find out more

We also offer:
- Microbiological tests: screening smears, genotyping, etc.
- Inspections of medical institutions to assess the hospital hygiene situation.
- Training of medical personnel.
- Reference Center for Bloodborne Infectious Diseases
- Office hours for patients with multidrug-resistant pathogens (eg. MRSA))

Appointments and information Tel. +41 44 255 57 30 (Rita Bearth Secretariat Hospital Epidemiology) Tel. +41 44 255 57 32 (Laboratory Hospital Epidemiology) Email: spitalhygiene@usz.ch	Responsible Medical Doctor PD Dr. med. Hugo Sax, Senior physician Prof. Dr. med. Annelies Zinkernagel, Senior physician PD Dr. med. Stefan Kuster, Attending physician Dr. med. Aline Wolfensberger, Attending physician
Antibiotic guidelines The antibiotic guidelines can be ordered in writing at the Secretariat Hospital Epidemiology (spitalhygiene@usz.ch) cost: CHF 20.00	Contact address University hospital Zurich Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology PD Dr. Hugo Sax Raemistrasse 100, HAL 14, C14 8091 Zuerich