Protocols for point prevalence survey on infections in long-term care facilities

ECDC monitors the burden of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use through repeated point prevalence surveys in EU/EEA, using standardised protocol. The protocol provides the methodology, data collection forms and definitions of variables to collect data in a validation survey synchronous with the third point prevalence survey (PPS) of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and antimicrobial use in European long-term care facilities