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ECDC definitions and methods for the surveillance of healthcare-associated infections in intensive care units

Authors: Diamantis Plachouras, Alain Lepape, Carl Suetens

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 12/2018

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On 5 May 2017, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) published its updated protocol for surveillance of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and prevention indicators in European intensive care units (ICUs) [1]. The ECDC’s Healthcare-Associated Infections surveillance Network (HAI-Net) has been coordinating European surveillance of HAIs in ICUs since 2008 with participation of 15 countries and 1365 ICUs in 2015 [2]. The methodology was originally developed by the Hospitals in Europe Link for Infection Control through Surveillance (HELICS) project in 2000–2002 [3] and adopted by ECDC in 2010. A revision of the first protocol was agreed at consensus expert meetings in 2013–2015. …

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Title: ECDC definitions and methods for the surveillance of healthcare-associated infections in intensive care units
Authors: Diamantis Plachouras
Alain Lepape
Carl Suetens
Publication date: 01-12-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 12/2018
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-018-5113-0

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