Approximately 4 100 000 patients are estimated to acquire a healthcare-associated infection in the EU every year. The number of deaths occurring as a direct consequence of these infections is estimated to be at least 37 000.
The most frequent infections are urinary tract infections, followed by respiratory tract infections, infections after surgery, bloodstream infections, and others (including diarrhoea due to Clostridium difficile). Multi-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is isolated in approximately 5% of all healthcare-associated infections.
Approximately 20–30% of healthcare-associated infections are considered to be preventable by intensive hygiene and control programmes.
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ECDC publishes reports on healthcare-associated infections in Europe 15 Feb 2012 Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are infections that occur after exposure to healthcare. Each year 4 million patients acquire a healthcare-associated infection in the European Union and about 37 000 of them die as the direct consequence of the infection. The most frequent types of HAI are surgical site infections, urinary tract infections, pneumonia, bloodstream infections and gastrointestinal infections. |
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HELICSwin.Net 1.3 − user manual 04 May 2012 Point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in European acute care hospitals – protocol version 4.3 04 May 2012 Rapid risk assessment: Potential contamination of Viaspan® organ perfusion solution 23 Apr 2012 |
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| Annual epidemiological report 2011 - Reporting on 2009 surveillance data and 2010 epidemic intelligence data Scientific Publication - Nov 2011 |
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