Monitoring healthcare associated infections and antimicrobial use at regional level through repeated point prevalence surveys: what can we learn

ConclusionThe FVG regional approach to HAIs and AU surveillance was able to contribute toreduced prevalence over a seven year period. Furthermore, it was able to keep hospital attention to HAIs and AU through the years and to guarantee a standardised and comparable evaluation of HAIs and AU burden in all RHS hospitals as well as impacting on HAIs and AU regional programmes.
Source: Journal of Hospital Infection - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research