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Incidence of healthcare-associated infections in long-term care facilities: Results of the H4LS study

Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Katrien Latour; Anne-Marie Van den Abeele; Eddy De Baets Source: 28ste Dag van de Infectiepreventie, UZ Gent, Gent, Belgium (2024) Keywords: healthcare associated infections Health T ...

Repeated point prevalence surveys of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in Belgian nursing homes

conference / Healthcare Infection Society, Liverpool, UK (2024) Keywords: healthcare-associated infections; long-term care facilities Health Topics:  Maladies nosocomiales Nosocomiale infectie Nosocomial ...

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: ...

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 ...

Thirty years of epidemiological surveillance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Belgian hospitals: are we able to keep on lowering the curve?

a significant challenge in hospitals and long-term care facilities (LTCF s) during the1990s. Combined efforts of the IPC teams and targeted actions such as national hand hygiene campaigns (since 2005),specific ...

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 ...

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 ...

Healthcare-associated infections in European long-term care facilities

infection prevention and control infections International long term care Long-term long-term care long-term care facilities Societies Society Health Topics:  Health and disease monitoring Surveillance de la ...

Antimicrobial use in European long-term care facilities

Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Jans, B; Katrien Latour Source: 24th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Issue Euro ...

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