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Healthcare-associated infections
In 2008, ECDC described the challenges for the surveillance of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) in Europe and estimated that approximately 4.1 million European patients acquire a HAI annually and that 37 000 of these patients die as a direct consequence of their infection.
 Focus on healthcare-associated infections, Annual epidemiological report 2008

 

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 Chapter 2.6: Antimicrobial resistance and healthcare-associated infections, Annual Epidemiological Report 2010

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Healthcare-associated Infections Surveillance Network (HAI-Net)  

The Healthcare-Associated Infections Surveillance Network (HAI-Net)  is a European network for the surveillance of healthcare-associated infections (HAI). The network is coordinated by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).

The activities of HAI-Net are largely based on the activities of the former IPSE (Improving Patient Safety in Europe) network. The coordination of IPSE was transferred to ECDC in July 2008. In addition, HAI-Net provides support to Member States to respond to the Council Recommendation of 9 June 2009 on patient safety, including the prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections (2009/C 151/01).

The main priorities of HAI-Net are the coordination of the European point prevalence survey of HAI and antimicrobial use in acute care hospitals, the European surveillance of surgical site infections, the European surveillance of HAI in intensive care units and the repeated prevalence surveys of HAI and antimicrobial use in European long-term care facilities.


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