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Contextual factors influencing the equitable implementation of precision medicine in routine cancer care in Belgium
Keywords: Belgium budgets cancer cancer care facilities contextual factors Demography economics ethics genomicsn health expenditures medical oncology health care systems Precision Precision Medicine privacy ...
Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Use in Belgian Acute Care Hospitals: Results of the 2022 ECDC Point Prevalence Survey
Modifications from the 2017 protocol included updated infection definitions and microorganism codes for COVID-19, along with the incorporation of HAI s associated with long-term care facilities. Findings: ...
Antimicrobial Use in Belgian Acute Care Hospitals: Results of the 2022 ECDC Point Prevalence Survey
lowest (3.0%). A total of 3,549 antimicrobials were recorded, commonly prescribed for treating community-acquired infections (48.6%) and HAI s (30.3%, including 4.2% of long-term care facility acquired ...
Prevalence of Healthcare-Associated Infections in Belgian Acute Care Hospitals in 2022: Results of ECDC Point Prevalence Survey
definitions and microorganism codes for COVID-19, along with the inclusion of HAI s associated to long-term care facilities. Findings: In total, 56 acute care hospital sites (35 mergers, of which 25 primary, ...
Factors influencing SARS-CoV-2 infection rate in Belgian nursing homes’ residents during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic
(2022) Keywords: COVID-19 long-term care facilities Abstract: In April 2020, Belgium experienced high numbers of fatal COVID-19 cases among nursing home (NH) residents. In response, a mass testing campaign ...
Urinary tract infections in nursing home residents: Understanding the epidemiology and the clinical diagnosis and management
facilities; healthcare-associated infections; antimicrobial use Health Topics: Maladies nosocomiales Nosocomiale infectie Nosocomial infections Antibiotiques Antibiotica Antibiotics Multidrug resistant microbe ...
Healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in Belgian nursing homes: results of three point prevalence surveys between 2010 and 2016
Publication Type: Peer reviewed scientific article Authors: Katrien Latour; Boudewijn Catry; Brecht Devleesschauwer; Frank Buntinx; Jan De Lepeleire; Beatrice Jans Source: Archives of Public Health ...
Evaluating SARS-CoV-2 spike and nucleocapsid proteins as targets for antibody detection in severe and mild COVID-19 cases using a Luminex bead-based assay.
syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2) will only be possible if serological tests are sufficiently reliable, rapid and affordable. Many assays are either labour-intensive and require specialised facilities ...
Diagnosis, prevention and control of urinary tract infections: a survey of routine practices in Belgian nursing homes
urine cultures were routinely performed in 30.2% and 44.6% of the facilities, respectively. In non-catheterised residents, voided or midstream urine sampling was most frequently applied. ...
Prevalence of healthcare-associated infections, estimated incidence and composite antimicrobial resistance index in acute care hospitals and long-term care facilities: results from two European point prevalence surveys, 2016 to 2017
study confirmed a high annual number of HAI in healthcare facilities in the EU / EEA and indicated that AMR in HAI in LTCF may have reached the same level as in ACH. Health Topics: Résistance aux ...