Point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in European long-term care facilities

The objectives of ECDC surveillance of HAIs and antimicrobial use in European LTCFs are:

To provide EU/EEA Member States and LTCFs with a standardized tool to follow trends in HAIs and antimicrobial use;
To identify priorities for national and local intervention measures and evaluate their implementation in EU/EEA Member States and LTCFs;
To estimate and monitor the burden of HAIs and antimicrobial use in LTCFs at national and European level.

Scientific journal article

Incidence of health-care-associated infections in long-term care facilities in nine European countries: a 12-month, prospective, longitudinal cohort study

16 June 2025

Surveillance and monitoring

Point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in European long-term care facilities 2023-2024

5 May 2025

Surveillance and monitoring

Surveillance of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities in the EU/EEA 2021-2023

17 April 2024

Surveillance and monitoring

Point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in European acute care hospitals 2016–2017

5 May 2023

Scientific and technical publications

Protocol for point prevalence surveys of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in European long-term care facilities – version 4.0

16 February 2023

This protocol provides the methodology, data collection forms and definitions of variables to collect data in a validation survey synchronous with the third point prevalence survey (PPS) of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and antimicrobial use in European long-term care facilities.