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

Surveillance and monitoring
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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in European acute care hospitals, 2016-2017. Stockholm: ECDC; 2023.

The 2016–2017 ECDC point prevalence survey was the second EU-wide point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in acute care hospitals and the largest European PPS performed to-date in a total of more than 1 200 hospitals from 27 EU/EEA countries and the UK (United Kingdom counted as one country) and Serbia.