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    • Surgical site infections (26)
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Peer-Reviewed Publication

Prevalence and incidence of surgical site infections in the European Union/European Economic Area: how do these measures relate?

Dec 2019 - J. Hosp. Infect. - 103(4):404-411

Meijs, A.P., Prantner, I., Kärki, T., Ferreira, J.A., Kinross, P., Presterl, E., Märtin, P., Lyytikäinen, O., Hansen, S., Szőnyi, A., Ricchizzi, E., Valinteliėnė, R., Zerafa, S., de Greeff, S.C., Berg, T.C., Fernandes, P.A., Štefkovičová, M., Asensio, A., Lamagni, T., Sartaj, M., Reilly, J., Harrison, W., Suetens, C., Koek, M.B.G.

  • Borreliosis
  • Determinant
  • Epidemiology
  • EU/EEA
  • Healthcare-associated infections
  • Prevention and control
  • Surgical site infections
  • Surveillance

Peer-Reviewed Publication

Application of a new methodology and R package reveals a high burden of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) in Germany compared to the average in the European Union/European Economic Area, 2011 to 2012

Nov 2019 - Euro Surveill. - 24(46)

Zacher, B., Haller, S., Willrich, N., Walter, J., Abu Sin, M., Cassini, A., Plachouras, D., Suetens, C., Behnke, M., Gastmeier, P., Wieler, L.H., Eckmanns, T.

  • Antimicrobial resistance
  • Clostridium difficile infection
  • Epidemiology
  • EU/EEA
  • Germany
  • Healthcare-associated infections
  • Influenza
  • Measles
  • Prevention and control
  • Surgical site infections
  • Surveillance

Publication

Healthcare-associated infections: surgical site infections - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2017

Surveillance report - 10 Oct 2019

In 2017, 10 149 SSIs were reported from a total of 648 512 surgical procedures.  

Healthcare-associated infections: surgical site infections - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2017 - EN - [PDF-1.16 MB]
  • Surgical site infections
  • Surveillance

Peer-Reviewed Publication

International Society of Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases Guidelines for the Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention of Disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera Infection Following Cardiac Surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Feb 2019 - J. Hosp. Infect. - 104(2):214-235

Hasse B, Hannan MM, Keller PM, Maurer FP, Sommerstein R, Mertz D, Wagner D, Fernández-Hidalgo N, Nomura J, Manfrin V, Bettex D, Hernandez Conte A, Durante-Mangoni E, Tang TH, Stuart RL, Lundgren J, Gordon S, Jarashow MC, Schreiber PW, Niemann S, Kohl TA, Daley CL, et al.

  • Epidemic
  • EU/EEA
  • Europe
  • Healthcare-associated infections
  • Microbiology
  • Mycobacterium chimaera
  • Prevention and control
  • Surgical site infections
  • Tuberculosis
  • United Kingdom
  • Viral hepatitis
  • Whole genome sequencing

Data

Surveillance systems overview for 2017

Table - 7 Dec 2018

This spreadsheet contains all surveillance system overview tables from ECDC's annual epidemiological report for 2017.

  • Anthrax
  • Botulism
  • Campylobacteriosis
  • Chikungunya virus disease
  • Chlamydia infection
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ECDC calls for continued action to address antimicrobial resistance in healthcare settings

Press release - 15 Nov 2018

On European Antibiotic Awareness Day, ECDC publishes the results of two point-prevalence surveys of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in hospitals and in long-term care facilities in the EU/EEA.

  • Antimicrobial consumption
  • Antimicrobial resistance
  • Hospital-acquired infections
  • Infections in acute care hospitals
  • Infections in intensive care units
  • Infections in long-term care facilities
  • Surgical site infections
  • Surveillance

Publication

Healthcare-associated infections: surgical site infections - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2016

Surveillance report - 4 May 2018

This report is based on data for 2016 retrieved from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) on 20 March 2018. TESSy is a system for the collection, analysis and dissemination of data on communicable diseases. EU Member States and EEA countries contribute to the system by uploading their infectious disease surveillance data at regular intervals.

Surgical site infections - AER for 2016 - EN - [PDF-942.43 KB]
  • Surgical site infections
  • Surveillance

Data

Surveillance systems overview for 2016

Table - 4 May 2018

This spreadsheet contains all surveillance system overview tables from ECDC's annual epidemiological report for 2016.

  • Anthrax
  • Botulism
  • Campylobacteriosis
  • Chikungunya virus disease
  • Chlamydia infection
  • Cholera
  • Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever
  • Cryptosporidiosis
  • Dengue
  • Diphtheria
  • Ebola haemorrhagic fever
  • Echinococcosis
  • 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
  • Surgical site infections
  • Surveillance
  • Tuberculosis
  • Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli infection
  • West Nile virus infection
  • Yellow fever

Data

Surveillance systems overview for 2015

Table - 1 Jan 2018

This spreadsheet contains all surveillance system overview tables from the ECDC Annual Epidemiological Reports for 2015.

  • Anthrax
  • Botulism
  • Campylobacteriosis
  • Chikungunya virus disease
  • Chlamydia infection
  • Cholera
  • Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever
  • Cryptosporidiosis
  • Dengue
  • Diphtheria
  • Ebola haemorrhagic fever
  • Echinococcosis
  • 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
  • Surgical site infections
  • Tuberculosis
  • Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli infection
  • West Nile virus infection
  • Yellow fever

Publication

Healthcare-associated infections: surgical site infections - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2015

Surveillance report - 7 Dec 2017

Surgical site infections (SSIs) are among the most common healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).

Surgical site infections - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2015 - EN - [PDF-795.2 KB]
  • Surgical site infections
  • Surveillance

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