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Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Use in Belgian Acute Care Hospitals: Results of the 2022 ECDC Point Prevalence Survey
amoxicillin in combination with a beta-lactamase inhibitor, cefazolin, and piperacillin in combination with a beta-lactamase inhibitor. Conclusion: The 2022 ECDC PPS revealed an increased prevalence of both ...
Antimicrobial Use in Belgian Acute Care Hospitals: Results of the 2022 ECDC Point Prevalence Survey
Conclusion: The 2022 PPS reveals an increased AU prevalence (+1.2%) in Belgian acute care hospitals, especially in patients over 65 years of age (+1.5%). This increase was less pronounced in younger patients ...
Characterisation and Hazard identification of substandard and Falsified Antimicrobial Drugs. The CantiBio project 2016-2020
of 51 SF antimicrobials contained an excessive amount of the class two residual solvent dichloromethane. In the pilot study of heavy metals, one out of 15 tested samples was contaminated with vanadium ...
The strategic change of the API fingerprint programme: from verification of authenticity of API sources to identifying potential quality issues
the Ph. Eur. Monographs with fingerprint studies. Though the latter would be focused on deviating samples and manufacturers, where an inconsistent batch reproducibility could be observed. Pattern ...
be.Prepared to increase Belgian integration of health data as a way of strengthening preparedness for infectious diseases
for Infectious Diseases be Prepared is an overarching Belgian infrastructure that facilitates the integration of health data from different sources in order to strengthen preparedness for infectious ...
Knowledge, perceptions and practices related to mosquitoes and mosquito-borne viruses: survey in Belgium, 2022
to guide future health promotion activities. Methods In this cross-sectional study, we conducted an online survey among adults recruited via social media (One Health PACT ’s MosquitoWise survey using ...
The overweight epidemic increasingly hits children of lower educated parents in Belgium
difference between the low and the high educated increased significantly since 2008. Conclusion Two decades of HIS have shown that the SES is becoming an even more important risk factor for overweight among ...
BSFM 2023- L. monocytogenes in Plant-Based Foods: insights from of a recent foodborne outbreak linked to vegan alternative to cheese
Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Laurence Delbrassinne; An Van den Bossche; Marie Polet; Wesley Mattheus; Anneline Christiaens; Verhaegen, Bavo; Van Hoorde, ...
Strain-level characterization without culture enrichment? Easing and accelerating outbreak investigation using shotgun metagenomics facilitated with nanopore adaptive sampling
samples during an outbreak investigation requires the samples to be enriched in order to reach detectable levels. However, a bias can occur during the enrichment of the food due to competition between the ...
An AOP-based IATA to pave the way toward animal-free genotoxicity testing
Publication Type: Scientific poster, presentation or proceeding Authors: Birgit Mertens Source: Joint 3R Symposium 2023, Brussels, Belgium (2023) Keywords: adverse outcome pathways genotoxicity Integrated approaches to testing and assessment (IATA) Health ...