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 infektiologie@usz.ch First registration required at front desk (RAE A 21-23)	Responsible Medical Doctor Prof. Dr. med. Annelies Zinkernagel
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. Dr. med. Annelies Zinkernagel 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).

Until further notice there is no anonymous HIV testing.

HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)

HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)

PrEP is a medical prophylaxis to protect its user against a HIV infection taking a drug that was originally developed for HIV treatment. In Switzerland, the application is currently not yet approved, but can be prescribed off-label prophylaxis by a physician. The costs of the medication must be borne by the user. To avoid drug-related side effects and the emergence of resistant HI viruses, it is crucial that the prophylaxis is taken under medical supervision.

The PrEP service takes place at the USZ at the ambulatory unit of the division of infectious diseases and hospital epidemiology.

The consultations take place from Monday to Friday between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

A pre-registration is mandatory.

The registration takes place via the front desk of the division of infectious diseases and hospital epidemiology calling:

+41 44 255 33 22 (telephone manned from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.)

or under

prep_infektiologie@usz.ch

In recent years there have been few cases in which the insurance has refused to cover the costs for the PrEP consultation and the laboratory tests. In the unlikely event that this occurs, the costs must be borne by the client himself (approx. CHF 500 for PreP initial consultation; approx. CHF 350 for PrEP follow-up consultation)

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 41533 (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. Dr. med. Annelies Zinkernagel 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

Orthopedic 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) E-Mail: infekt.kons.extern@usz.ch	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 (Bettina Franz, Secretariat Hospital Epidemiology) Tel. +41 44 255 57 32 (Laboratory Hospital Epidemiology) Email: spitalhygiene@usz.ch	Responsible Medical Doctor Prof. Dr. med. Hugo Sax, Senior physician Prof. Dr. med. Annelies Zinkernagel, Senior 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 Prof. Dr. Hugo Sax Raemistrasse 100, HAL 14, C14 8091 Zuerich