Zoekresultaten - 16 results
Development and assessment of national performance indicators for infection prevention and control and antimicrobial stewardship in European long-term care facilities.
against these NPI s. METHODS: Previously established European standards were the basis for consensus and the same iterative approach with national representatives from the 32 countries. A World Health ...
Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia in intensive care units: an international online survey.
a potentially preventable ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Our objective was to survey attitudes and practices of ICU s doctors in the field of VAP prevention. METHODS: A questionnaire was made available ...
Indications for antimicrobial prescribing in European nursing homes: results from a point prevalence survey.
METHODS: Data were obtained from a point prevalence survey conducted in 323 NH s across 21 European countries. A resident questionnaire had to be completed for each resident receiving an antimicrobial, ...
The importance of sample size in the determination of a flock-level antimicrobial resistance profile for Escherichia coli in broilers.
level of the animal and the bacterial population of concern make it impossible to use conventional sample size determination methods. In this article, the use of bootstrapping techniques for sample size ...
Review on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius.
clonal spread. This article reviews research on MRSP with a focus on occurrence, methods used for identification, risk factors for colonization and infection, zoonotic potential and control options. ...
Parenteral versus oral administration of systemic antimicrobials in European nursing homes: a point-prevalence survey.
participating European nursing homes (NH s) and to analyse the resident characteristics and determinants associated with route of antimicrobial administration. METHODS: Data on resident characteristics and ...
Mortality associated with in-hospital bacteraemia caused by Staphylococcus aureus: a multistate analysis with follow-up beyond hospital discharge.
(MSSA). PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study population consisted of adult residents of Tayside, Scotland, UK, from 1 January 2005 to 30 September 2006 who had a new admission to Ninewells Hospital between ...
Trends in production of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases among Enterobacteriaceae of clinical interest: results of a nationwide survey in Belgian hospitals.
Enterobacteriaceae isolates in Belgium. METHODS: during 2006 and 2008, non-duplicate clinical isolates of Enterobacteriaceae resistant to ceftazidime and/or cefotaxime were collected in 100 Belgian hospitals. ESBL ...
Clinical outcomes of health-care-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance in patients admitted to European intensive-care units: a cohort study.
bloodstream infections and pneumonia. METHODS: We analysed data collected prospectively from intensive-care units that reported according to the European standard protocol for surveillance of ...
Tetracycline-resistance in lactose-positive enteric coliforms originating from Belgian fattening pigs: degree of resistance, multiple resistance and risk factors.
determined by means of an agar dilution method. Tetracycline-resistant LPEC were found in every herd. The overall degree of tetracycline-resistance in LPEC was 56.8% (S.D. 22.4%). Only a very weak relation was ...