[The role of epidemiological diagnostics in the system of prophylactics of infections in performing surgical intervention].

The paper is devoted to investigation of possibilities of infection prophylactics in performing surgical intervention. The necessity of organization of the system of epidemiological observations of the outcomes of surgical interventions in treatment-and-prophylactic institution was demonstrated. The results of epidemiological observations and microbiological monitoring performed at the hospitals of St. Petersburg showed using epidemiological diagnostics to be necessary for adequate administration of antibacterial medicines to patients.

[On the question of the development of medical-economic standard of diagnostics of oncologic diseases of the upper gastrointestinal tract in outpatient clinics of Saint Petersburg].

The authors investigated general principles and specific development of medico-economic standard-based data-processing system, "Expert-MES", for early diagnosis of tumors of the upper gastrointestinal tract. The method of calculating the actual cost of diagnostic measures is demonstrated with regard to necessary volumes. The possibilities of monitoring the implementation of MES in request of patients for examination in outpatient clinics are evaluated.