This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 19-25 October 2014, and includes updates on chikungunya, influenza, West Nile virus, Ebola virus, Marburg fever, MERS and polio,
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 12-18 October 2014, and includes updates on chikungunya , Ebola virus, influenza, Marburg fever, MERS, poliomyelitis and West Nile fever.
This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 5-11 October 2014, and includes updates on influenza, West Nile virus, chikungunya, Marburg fever, Ebola virus, Enterovirus, avian influenza, MERS, dengue and polio.
This report presents the results of surveillance of surgical site infections in participating European countries for 2010–2011. The number of reported operations increased and three countries reported data for the first time in 2011.
Each year in the European Union, approximately 4 million patients acquire an infection in hospital and approximately 37 000 of them die as a direct result.
Surgical site infections are among the most common healthcare-associated infections, associated with longer postoperative hospital stay, additional surgical procedures or stay in an intensive care unit, and often higher mortality.