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INTERACTIVE DATABASES

ESAC-Net interactive database
	European reference data on antimicrobial consumption, both in the community and the hospital sector.

EARS-Net interactive database
	Data on the occurrence and spread of antimicrobial resistance in the European countries.

Transatlantic Taskforce on Antimicrobial Resistance – TATFAR

ECDC provides the secretariat for the task force and publishes documents relating to the work of the task force on this website.

BERLIN 2012 PRESENTATIONS

ECDC held its second meeting of the Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-associated Infections (ARHAI) Networks on 26-28 November 2012, in Berlin, Germany. See the conference presentations

ESCAIDE PRESENTATIONS

Presentations on antimicrobial resistance and healthcare-associated infections from the European Scientific Conference on Applied Infectious Disease Epidemiology (ESCAIDE)

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Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-associated Infections Programme

The programme on Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-Associated Infections (ARHAI) covers two major public health issues:

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), i.e. the ability of microorganisms to become resistant to one or several antimicrobial agents used for therapy or prophylaxis;
Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI), i.e. all infections associated with patient care, in particular hospitals and long-term care facilities.

The ARHAI programme focuses on 4 areas of public health: surveillance, response and scientific advice, training and communication to address the threat of antimicrobial resistance and healthcare-associated infections.

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IN FOCUS

Data on antimicrobial consumption from EU/EEA countries now available from the ESAC-Net interactive database

A new interactive database allows the display of selected data on antimicrobial consumption in different formats such as tables, maps and figures. The database includes data on antimicrobial consumption in EU Member States from 1997 to 2010 and ECDC will update it every year.
In addition to the database, ECDC also launches the first ESAC-Net report on antimicrobial consumption surveillance in Europe.
ESAC-Net interactive database
ESAC-Net report

HEALTH TOPICS

Antimicrobial resistance

Antibiotics have revolutionised the way we treat patients with bacterial infections. But they have also been liable to misuse.

Clostridium difficile infection

Clostridium difficile is an anaerobic bacterium, widely distributed in soil and intestinal tracts of animals.

Healthcare-associated infections

Approximately 4 100 000 patients are estimated to acquire a healthcare-associated infection in EU every year.