This protocol describes a survey undertaken to acquire a snapshot of the distribution of Clostridioides difficile strains in tertiary acute care hospitals in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) in 2022–2023
This reporting protocol is for the 2024 data call for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance data, collected by the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-Net) for 2023.
This is an operational document for those undertaking trend analyses using regression models. It provides guidance so that experts can carry out a trend analysis independently and understand when extra statistical support is needed.
Joint statement by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, European Chemicals Agency, European Environment Agency, European Food Safety Authority and European Medicines Agency.
This document provides an update on the safety of substances of human origin (SoHO) in relation to COVID-19. It reassesses the risk and proposes revised mitigation measures for preventing transmission through SoHO.
Sample size calculation is an essential step in ensuring that analysis of the data which are collected through urveillance systems can support the desired public health objective(s). The main aim of sample size calculations is to determine the sample size needed from the population under study to possibly detect a statistically significant result.
The purpose of this guide is to complement the handbook published in 2014 by offering practical, operational
guidance on how to design, develop, conduct and evaluate tabletop and functional exercises.
This assessment tool, which will be used during the country visits to Western Balkans and Türkiye, aims to provide ECDC with a good understanding of national communicable disease surveillance systems.
Since the risk assessment published by ECDC in August 2021 on the risk of vCJD disease transmission via blood and PDMP manufactured from donations obtained in the UK, no new cases of vCJD associated with dietary exposure or transfusion of blood or blood components have been reported in EU/EEA or in the rest of the world.
This key provides the non-specialist with reference material to help recognise an invasive mosquito species and gives details on the morphology to help with verification.