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Antimicrobial Use in Belgian Acute Care Hospitals: Results of the 2022 ECDC Point Prevalence Survey

lowest (3.0%). A total of 3,549 antimicrobials were recorded, commonly prescribed for treating community-acquired infections (48.6%) and HAI s (30.3%, including 4.2% of long-term care facility acquired ...

Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Use in Belgian Acute Care Hospitals: Results of the 2022 ECDC Point Prevalence Survey

Modifications from the 2017 protocol included updated infection definitions and microorganism codes for COVID-19, along with the incorporation of HAI s associated with long-term care facilities.   Findings: ...

Prevalence of Healthcare-Associated Infections in Belgian Acute Care Hospitals in 2022: Results of ECDC Point Prevalence Survey

definitions and microorganism codes for COVID-19, along with the inclusion of HAI s associated to long-term care facilities.   Findings:  In total, 56 acute care hospital sites (35 mergers, of which 25 primary, ...

Assessing Antimicrobial Consumption in Belgian Nursing Homes (2016-2022): A First-Time National Surveillance Study

long term care facilities Full text language:  English Category:  Scientific posters, presentations and proceedings FOS Classification:  1.6 Biological sciences ...

Factors influencing SARS-CoV-2 infection rate in Belgian nursing homes’ residents during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic

(2022) Keywords: COVID-19 long-term care facilities Abstract: In April 2020, Belgium experienced high numbers of fatal COVID-19 cases among nursing home (NH) residents. In response, a mass testing campaign ...

Urinary tract infections in nursing home residents: Understanding the epidemiology and the clinical diagnosis and management

Publication Type: Dissertation Authors: Katrien Latour; Jan De Lepeleire; Frank Buntinx; Boudewijn Catry Source: KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, p.168 (2023) ISBN: 9789075828382 Keywords: long-term care ...

Antimicrobial monitoring in nursing homes: a target for antimicrobial stewardship

term care facilities Full text language:  English Category:  Scientific posters, presentations and proceedings FOS Classification:  1.6 Biological sciences ...

COVID-19 Clusters in Belgian Nursing Homes: Impact of Facility Characteristics and Vaccination on Cluster Occurrence, Duration and Severity

long-term care facilities SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Abstract: COVID-19 severely affected nursing home residents from March 2020 onwards in Belgium. This study aimed to model the impact of vaccination and ...

Healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in Belgian nursing homes: results of three point prevalence surveys between 2010 and 2016

healthcare-associated infections (HAI s) and antimicrobial use in nursing homes (NH s) by participating in the European point prevalence surveys (PPS s) organised in long-term care facilities (HALT surveys). We present ...

Increasing risk of breakthrough COVID-19 in outbreaks with high attack rates in European long-term care facilities, July to October 2021

Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Suetens, Carl; Pete Kinross; Pilar Gallego Berciano; Virginia Arroyo Nebreda; Eline Hassan; Clémentine Calba; Eugenia Fernandes; Andre Peralta-Santos; Pedro Casaca; Nathalie Shodu; Sara Dequeker; ...

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