• Frank Kaufmann, Steffen Engelhart, Axel Glasmacher, and Martin Exner.
• Hygiene-Institut, Universität Bonn. frank.kaufmann@ukb.uni-bonn.de
• Med Klin. 2002 Jan 15; 97 (1): 22-9.

BackgroundTo date, the problem of infectious risks in the domestic environment has not been focused as intensively as that in the clinical environment. Due to increasing costs in health care, there are considerations to intensify outpatient treatment models, e.g., for hematology-oncology patients, enhancing the importance of this problem.Preventive MeasuresBased on a review of the relevant literature, this article summarizes the potential infectious risks for immunosuppressed patients in the domestic environment and gives recommendations for control measures. The topics of daily life are considered in detail including special risks of leisure activities. For most of the risks, evidence-based recommendations cannot be given.ConclusionThe scope of these recommendations is to support the attending physician when advising the immunocompromised patient and to give suggestions for possible control measures to the patient.

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