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

Healthcare associated infections (HAIs) surveillance is an essential part of any infection prevention and control programme. Repeated point prevalence surveys (PPS) according to ECDC protocol have been implemented in all Friuli Venezia Giulia (FVG) region (Italy) acute hospitals to reduce and control HAIs.
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