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Tools for public health
HelicsWin.Net (HWN)
HelicsWin.Net (also referred to as HWN) is a software application developed for the manual entry of data of the ECDC HAI-Net surveillance of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).
Scientific and technical publications
Point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in European acute care hospitals – protocol version 6.1
Version 6.1 is the final protocol for the third EU-wide point prevalence survey in acute care hospitals (PPS 2022–2023). It contains important changes compared to protocol version 5.3 (PPS 2016–2017), including on healthcare-associated COVID-19.
Training resources
E-learning on Antimicrobial Stewardship
This course focuses on antimicrobial stewardship as an approach to address healthcare-associated infections (HAI) resulting from multi-drug resistance organisms in acute care settings.
Scientific and technical publications
Point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in European acute care hospitals - ECDC PPS validation protocol version 3.1.2.
This protocol version is an accompanying document to the ECDC protocol for the point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in European acute care hospitals version 5.3.
News
ECDC calls for continued action to address antimicrobial resistance in healthcare settings
On European Antibiotic Awareness Day, ECDC publishes the results of two point-prevalence surveys of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in hospitals and in long-term care facilities in the EU/EEA.
News
Course on “Control of multidrug-resistant micro-organisms (MDROs) in health care settings”
The main objective of the course was to strengthen capacity in EU Member States for control of healthcare-associated infections due to multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) in acute health care settings and to promote the broadest possible implementation of appropriate methods.
HAI-Net Extranet: Operational versions of protocols, training and FAQ for point prevalence survey on infections in acute care hospitals
Operational versions of the validation protocol, training materials and FAQs (for hospitals) are now available on the ECDC Extranet. Please log in to access it.
Distribution of antimicrobial use by antimicrobial group
Distribution of antimicrobial use by antimicrobial group by antimicrobial group, speciality, indication, country
Infographics about healthcare-associated infections in acute care hospitals
Infographics on acute care hospitals, healthcare-associated infections, antimicrobial use, antimicrobial resistance, based on the ECDC Point prevalence survey
About ECDC Point prevalence survey
The ECDC point prevalence survey estimates the total burden (prevalence) of HAI and antimicrobial use in acute care hospitals in the EU and describes patients, invasive procedures, infections (sites, microorganisms including markers for antimicrobial resistance) and prescribed antimicrobials