Ida Ørskov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ida Ørskov

Danish bacteriologist

Date of Birth: 08-Jan-1922

Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

Date of Death: 10-Apr-2007

Profession: physician, bacteriologist

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Ida Ørskov (née Oppenheuser, 8 January 1922 – 10 April 2007) was a Danish physician and bacteriologist whose dissertation Om Klebsiella (About Klebsiella) was the first scientific study pointing to the risk of bacterial cross-infection in hospitals.