Zoekresultaten - 17 results
The landscape of drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a mapping systematic review
for decision-making in support of national malaria policies and for implementing regionally tailored control measures across the country. Health Topics: Résistance aux antimicrobiens (AMR) ...
Animal sources of antimicrobial-resistant bacterial infections in humans: a systematic review
outcome measures they reported. The most frequently addressed animal source was chicken, followed by cattle and pigs. Most studies investigated bacteria-resistance combinations. Overall, studies on the ...
Attributable deaths and disability-adjusted life-years caused by infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the EU and the European Economic Area in 2015: a population-level modelling analysis
burden of infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria of public health concern in countries of the EU and European Economic Area (EEA) in 2015, measured in number of cases, attributable deaths, and ...
Belgian hand hygiene campaigns in ICU, 2005-2015.
trained infection control teams measured adherence to HH guidelines by direct observation. HH opportunities were counted and the actual episodes of HH were scored as no HH, HH with water and soap, or HH ...
Poor adherence to guidelines for preventing central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI): results of a worldwide survey.
questionnaire was made available to medical doctors and nurses working in ICU s worldwide. We investigated practices related to central line (CL) insertion, maintenance and measurement of CLABSI-related data ...
Surveillance of Clostridium difficile infections in a long-term care psychogeriatric facility: outbreak analysis and policy improvement.
identify determinants (retrospectively) and to assess intervention measures taken (prospectively). METHODS: For every CDI patient (de novo cases, relapses, and recurrences), a control patient (patient in the ...
Variations in catheter-related bloodstream infections rates based on local practices.
surveillance serves as a quality improvement measure that is often used to assess performance. We reviewed the total number of microbiological samples collected in three Belgian intensive care units (ICU) in ...
Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia in intensive care units: an international online survey.
guidelines for VAP prevention, and (2) measurement of process and outcomes, under the assumption “if you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it”; as well as attitudes towards the implementation of ...
Indications for antimicrobial prescribing in European nursing homes: results from a point prevalence survey.
subproject was set up to measure and describe antimicrobial use across Europe. The aim of this paper was to investigate the indications for antimicrobial use and hence identify targets for quality improvement. ...
Livestock veterinarians at high risk of acquiring methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398.
during hospitalization, our results underline that preventive measures may need to be developed for veterinary professionals, particularly for livestock veterinarians. Health Topics: Antimicrobial ...