Antimicrobial use in European acute care hospitals: results from the second point prevalence survey (PPS) of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use …

D Plachouras, T Kärki, S Hansen, S Hopkins… - …, 2018 - eurosurveillance.org
Antimicrobial agents used to treat infections are life-saving. Overuse may result in more
frequent adverse effects and emergence of multidrug-resistant microorganisms. In 2016–17 …

Point prevalence survey of antimicrobial use and healthcare-associated infections in Belgian acute care hospitals: results of the Global-PPS and ECDC-PPS 2017

E Vandael, K Latour, H Goossens, K Magerman… - … Resistance & Infection …, 2020 - Springer
Background The point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and
antimicrobial use organized by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control …

Antimicrobial use in European long-term care facilities: results from the third point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use, 2016 …

E Ricchizzi, K Latour, T Kärki, R Buttazzi… - …, 2018 - eurosurveillance.org
Antimicrobials are commonly prescribed and contribute to the development of antimicrobial
resistance in long-term care facilities (LTCFs). In 2010, the European Centre for Disease …

The European surveillance of antimicrobial consumption (ESAC) point-prevalence survey of antibacterial use in 20 European hospitals in 2006

F Ansari, M Erntell, H Goossens, P Davey… - Clinical infectious …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Background. Point-prevalence surveys have been used to document antimicrobial use in
hospitals for> 20 years. However, published surveys are inconsistent with respect to …

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) pilot point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use

P Zarb, B Coignard, J Griskeviciene, A Muller… - …, 2012 - eurosurveillance.org
A standardised methodology for a combined point prevalence survey (PPS) on healthcare-
associated infections (HAIs) and antimicrobial use in European acute care hospitals …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of healthcare-associated infections, estimated incidence and composite antimicrobial resistance index in acute care hospitals and long-term care …

C Suetens, K Latour, T Kärki, E Ricchizzi… - …, 2018 - eurosurveillance.org
Point prevalence surveys of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) and antimicrobial use in
the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA) from 2016 to 2017 included …

[HTML][HTML] The prevalence of nosocomial infection and antibiotic use in German hospitals

M Behnke, SJ Aghdassi, S Hansen, A Pen… - Deutsches Ärzteblatt …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background In 2011 and again in 2016, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and
Control (ECDC) asked all European countries to carry out nationwide studies on the …

Antimicrobial use in US hospitals: comparison of results from emerging infections program prevalence surveys, 2015 and 2011

SS Magill, E O'Leary, SM Ray, MA Kainer… - Clinical infectious …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background In the 2011 US hospital prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections
and antimicrobial use 50% of patients received antimicrobial medications on the survey date …

Antimicrobial consumption and resistance in adult hospital inpatients in 53 countries: results of an internet-based global point prevalence survey

A Versporten, P Zarb, I Caniaux, MF Gros… - The Lancet Global …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Summary Background The Global Point Prevalence Survey (Global-PPS) established an
international network of hospitals to measure antimicrobial prescribing and resistance …

Different patterns of inappropriate antimicrobial use in surgical and medical units at a tertiary care hospital in Switzerland: a prevalence survey

A Cusini, SK Rampini, V Bansal, B Ledergerber… - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background Unnecessary or inappropriate use of antimicrobials is associated with the
emergence of antimicrobial resistance, drug toxicity, increased morbidity and health care …