Institut CALOT - Berck-sur-Mer



CALOT Institute is a famous private hospital built one century ago along the beach of the "cote d'opale" in Berck-sur-Mer. The medical teams all along the past century developped a specific orthopaedics knowhow in bone healthcares and post-operative rehabilitation.

Seaside view of Calot institute
Seaside view of Calot institute
Calot institute main entrance
Calot institute main entrance


The Department of Bone Surgery of the Limbs ( DCOM ) takes care of orthopaedics pathologies, rhumatoïd deseases, and sport's traumatology.
It is integrated with advanced technical departments (biology-radiologynuclear medecine) and a brand new one operating theater.

healthcare Quality and security are a priority of the surgical teams working in coordination with comittees :

 CLIN (comittee of prevention of infections) that coordinates, controls and ratifies all the protocols of infection prevention. Every year, the DCOM participate to a national evaluation study in prevention of surgical infection étude INCISO (comittee of prevention of infections) that coordinates, controls and ratifies all the protocols of infection prevention. Every year, the DCOM participate to a national evaluation study in prevention of surgical infection (C C L I N PARIS-NORD).

 CLUD (comittee for pain treatment)

 MATÉRIOVIGILANCE : control of devices conformity in relation with the national administrative notified body of AFSSAPS (agence française de sécurité sanitaire des produits de santé)

 BLOODVIGILANCE blood control

 ANTIBIOTIC COMITY in charge of control of quantity and quality of prescriptions, and surveillance of bactery resistances.


French hospital top rating is published every year by the journal "le point" to evaluate the 700 french private and public hospitals :

Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
  rating Nb surg rating Nb surg rating Nb surg rating Nb surg rating Nb surg rating Nb surg
THA 4 473 7 473 5 535 9 526 14 502 8 562
TKA 4 243 7 345 5 364 7 414 1 444 1 434
ACL 46 89 19 70 6 98 18 65 NA NA NA NA

Last updated : 10/08/2008

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