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HelicsWin.Net (HWN)
HelicsWin.Net (also referred to as HWN) is a software application developed for the manual entry of data of the ECDC HAI-Net surveillance of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).
Publication
Rapid risk assessment: Candida auris outbreak in healthcare facilities in northern Italy, 2019-2021
Italy has reported an outbreak of Candida auris in the region of Liguria with at least 277 cases. The first C. auris case in Liguria was detected in one hospital in July 2019 and cases continued to occur sporadically in the same hospital.
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Data collection on COVID-19 outbreaks in closed settings: long-term care facilities, version 2.1
The main aim of this activity is to collect information on the severity of breakthrough COVID-19 infections in outbreaks at long-term care facilities (LTCFs) and to obtain an estimate of relative risk of infection for vaccinated residents and staff members in these settings, by SARS-CoV-2 variant, vaccine product and number of vaccine doses.
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Surveillance systems overview for 2020
This spreadsheet contains all surveillance system overview tables from ECDC's annual epidemiological report for 2020.
- Anthrax
- Botulism
- Campylobacteriosis
- Chikungunya virus disease
- Chlamydia infection
- Cholera
- Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever
- Cryptosporidiosis
- Dengue
- Diphtheria
- Ebola haemorrhagic fever
- Echinococcosis
- EU/EEA
- Giardiasis
- Hantavirus infection
- Healthcare-associated infections
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- HIV infection
- Influenza
- Invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease
- Lassa fever
- Leptospirosis
- Listeriosis
- Malaria
- Marburg haemorrhagic fever
- Meningococcal disease
- Mumps
- Pertussis
- Plague
- Pneumococcal disease
- Poliomyelitis
- Q fever
- Rabies
- Rift Valley fever
- Salmonellosis
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
- Shigellosis
- Smallpox
- Surveillance
- Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli infection
- West Nile virus infection
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Guidance on ending the isolation period for people with COVID-19, third update
This document provides guidance for planning the discharge and ending of isolation of COVID-19 patients.
Increasing risk of breakthrough COVID-19 in outbreaks with high attack rates in European long-term care facilities, July to October 2021
Peer-Reviewed Publication
Suetens, C., Kinross, P., Berciano, P.G., Nebreda, V.A., Hassan, E., Calba, C., Fernandes, E., Peralta-Santos, A., Casaca, P., Shodu, N., Dequeker, S., Kontopidou, F., Pappa, L., Kacelnik, O., Børseth, A.W., O’Connor, L., Garvey, P., Liausedienė, R., Valintelienė, R., Ernst, C., Mossong, J., Štefkovičová, M., Prostináková, Z., Danielsen, A.C., Mougkou, A., Lamb, F., Cenciarelli, O., Monnet, D.L., Plachouras, D.
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Surveillance of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities in the EU/EEA
ECDC has worked with EU/EEA countries to develop a methodology for regular national reporting of existing national surveillance data on COVID-19 in LTCFs, aiming for maximum feasibility. This is to enable ECDC to communicate timely information on epidemiological trends of COVID-19 in LTCFs, in support of national and EU/EEA-level preparedness and response activities.
Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections: Diverging trends of meticillin-resistant and meticillin-susceptible isolates, EU/EEA, 2005 to 2018
Peer-Reviewed Publication
Gagliotti, C., Högberg, L.D., Billström, H., Eckmanns, T., Giske, C.G., Heuer, O.E., Jarlier, V., Kahlmeter, G., Wong, D.L.F., Monen, J., Murchan, S., Simonsen, G.S., Šubelj, M., Andrašević, A.T., Żabicka, D., Žemličková, H., Monnet, D.L., Strauss, R., Catteau, L., Marteva-Proevska, Y.S., Soprek, S., Maikanti-Charalampous, P., Jakubů, V., Petersen, A., Ivanova, M., Lindholm, L., Maugat, S., Noll, I., Polemis, M., Végh, Z., Kristinsson, K.G., Burns, K., Monaco, M., Rutkovska, I., Miciulevicienė, J., Perrin, M., Scicluna, E.A., Woudt, S.H.S., Gran, F.W., Hryniewicz, W., Caniça, M., Popescu, G.A., Niks, M., Ribič, H., García, M.B.A., Mäkitalo, B., Hope, R.
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Contact tracing in the European Union: public health management of persons, including healthcare workers, who have had contact with COVID-19 cases – fourth update
This document aims to help public health authorities in EU/EEA countries and the UK in their tracing and
management of persons, including healthcare workers, who have had contact with COVID-19 cases.
Event
European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD) 2021
European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD) is a European health initiative coordinated by ECDC. It provides a platform and support for national campaigns on the prudent use of antibiotics in the EU/EEA and is marked each year across Europe on 18 November. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, EAAD will this year consist of a entirely digital campaign.