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SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands – ECDC supports World Hand Hygiene Day 2022

Campaign - 5 May 2022

5 May is World Hand Hygiene Day, a World Health Organization initiative that aims to raise awareness of the importance of hand hygiene in hospitals and other healthcare facilities, thus protecting patients from healthcare-associated infections.

  • Antimicrobial resistance
  • Hand hygiene
  • Healthcare-associated infections

Publication

Rapid risk assessment: Candida auris outbreak in healthcare facilities in northern Italy, 2019-2021

Risk assessment - 21 Feb 2022

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.

Rapid risk assessment: Candida auris outbreak in healthcare facilities in northern Italy, 2019-2021 - EN - [PDF-712.11 KB]
  • Antimicrobial resistance
  • Candida auris
  • Healthcare-associated infections
  • Italy
  • Public health threat
  • Scientific advice

Publication

Data collection on COVID-19 outbreaks in closed settings: long-term care facilities, version 2.1

Technical report - 18 Feb 2022

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.

Data collection on COVID-19 outbreaks in closed settings: long-term care facilities, version 2.1 - EN - [PDF-823.89 KB]
  • Coronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-associated infections
  • Infections in long-term care facilities
  • Public health threat
  • SARS-CoV-2 variants

Publication

Surveillance systems overview for 2020

Data - 2 Feb 2022

This spreadsheet contains all surveillance system overview tables from ECDC's annual epidemiological report for 2020.

Surveillance systems overview for 2020 - EN - [XLSX-228.31 KB]
  • 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

Publication

Guidance on ending the isolation period for people with COVID-19, third update

Technical report - 28 Jan 2022

This document provides guidance for planning the discharge and ending of isolation of COVID-19 patients.

Guidance on ending the isolation period for people with COVID-19, third update - EN - [PDF-487.67 KB]
  • Case management
  • Coronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-associated infections
  • Prevention and control
  • Preventive measure
  • Public health threat
  • Scientific advice

Publication

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

Technical report - 29 Nov 2021

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.

Surveillance of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities in the EU/EEA, November 2021 - EN - [PDF-2.32 MB]
  • Coronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • EU/EEA
  • Healthcare-associated infections
  • High-risk groups
  • Infections in long-term care facilities
  • Laboratory based surveillance
  • Prevention and control
  • Public health threat
  • Scientific advice
  • Surveillance

Publication

Contact tracing in the European Union: public health management of persons, including healthcare workers, who have had contact with COVID-19 cases – fourth update

Technical report - 28 Oct 2021

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.

Contact tracing in the European Union: public health management of persons, including healthcare workers, who have had contact with COVID-19 cases – fourth update - EN - [PDF-585 KB]
  • Case management
  • Community acquired infections
  • Contact tracing
  • Coronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • EU/EEA
  • Healthcare-associated infections
  • Public health threat
  • Scientific advice

Event

European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD) 2021

Campaign
18 Nov 2021 - 24 Nov 2021
ECDC

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.

  • Antimicrobial consumption
  • Antimicrobial resistance
  • EAAD
  • Healthcare-associated infections

Publication

Rapid Risk Assessment: COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care facilities in the EU/EEA in the context of current vaccination coverage

Risk assessment - 26 Jul 2021

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreaks in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) in European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries have caused significant morbidity and mortality since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care facilities in the EU/EEA in the context of current vaccination coverage - EN - [PDF-566.08 KB]
  • Coronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-associated infections
  • Infections in long-term care facilities
  • Prevention and control
  • Public health threat
  • SARS-CoV-2 variants
  • Scientific advice

News

ECDC Rapid Risk Assessment: Several recent COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care facilities in the EU/EEA

News story - 26 Jul 2021

On 26 July ECDC published the Rapid Risk Assessment COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care facilities in the EU/EEA in the context of current vaccine coverage, following several outbreaks that occurred in these settings during the past six months in several EU/EEA countries, resulting in some cases of severe disease and deaths.

  • Coronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • Healthcare-associated infections
  • Prevention and control
  • Public health threat
  • Scientific advice

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