1. Point prevalence survey of antimicrobial use and healthcare-associated infections in Belgian acute care hospitals : results of the Global-PPS and ECDC-PPS 2017
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Vandael, Eline, Latour, Katrien, Goossens, Herman, Magerman, Koen, Drapier, Nico, Catry, Boudewijn, Versporten, Ann, Andre, Marie, Aouachria, Samy, Aoun, Mickael, Bafort, Kristof, Bartholomeus, Sofie, Blumental, Sophie, Bothy, Anais, Brands, Christiane, Brassinne, Laetitia, Briquet, Caroline, Cartuyvels, Reinoud, Ceyssens, Clara, Cooreman, Sarah, Decleire, Pierre-Yves, Declercq, Philippe, De Cooman, Liesbeth, De Cuyper, Inge, Degraeve, Dirk, Delaere, Benedicte, Delvallee, Melanie, Desmedt, Marjoleine, Diaz, Victoria, Dragos, Ilisei, Dugernier, Thierry, Elsen, Elodie, Filippin, Lorenzo, Firre, Eric, Frans, Johan, Gabriels, Patrick, Gadisseux, Philippe, Gerard, Michele, Glibert, Bart, Goegebuer, Truus, Gonissen, Viviane, Harrouk, Antoine, Holemans, Xavier, Honore, Aline, Ide, Louis, Jansens, Hilde, Kidd, Francois, Koch, Annelies, Konopnicki, Deborah, Lefevre, Philippe, Lespagnard, Marc, Lorent, Sophie, Maillart, Evelyne, Mallet, Martine, Markowicz, Samuel, Mathieu, Delphine, Michel, Philippe, Noirhomme, Severine, Papin, Pauline, Piette, Anne, Pollet, Leen, Rossi, Camelia, Schatt, Patricia, Sermijn, Erica, Sterckx, Astrid, Steyaert, Sophia, Swinnen, Walter, Teixeira Lopes, Liliana, Thoelen, Inge, Turkova, Myriam, Van den Abeele, Anne-Marie, Van den Berg, Valerie, Van der beek, Danielle, Vanderper, Vanessa, Vandevelde, Marc, Vandewal, Wouter, Van Herendael, Bruno, Vanheule, Geert, Van Hoecke, Frederik, Van Kerkhoven, Dana, Van Liedekerke, Ann, Vanneste, Lorenz, Vekemans, Marc, Vercheval, Christelle, Verhamme, Katia, Verniest, Thessa, Westerlinck, Veerle, Wybo, Ingrid, Belgian Point Prevalence Survey, Swinnen, Walter/0000-0001-5387-149X, and Vriendenkring VUB
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Male ,Antibiotics ,Drug resistance ,Antimicrobial Stewardship ,Medical microbiology ,Drug Utilization Review ,Belgium ,Risk Factors ,Acute care ,Antimicrobial consumption ,Prevalence ,Medicine ,Pharmacology (medical) ,Pharmacology & Pharmacy ,Point prevalence survey ,Child ,health care economics and organizations ,Public, Environmental & Occupational Health ,Medicine(all) ,Aged, 80 and over ,Cross Infection ,Pharmacology. Therapy ,Middle Aged ,Antimicrobial ,Anti-Bacterial Agents ,Infectious Diseases ,Child, Preschool ,Female ,Life Sciences & Biomedicine ,Microbiology (medical) ,Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,medicine.drug_class ,education ,Healthcare-associated infections ,Microbiology ,lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases ,Young Adult ,Internal medicine ,Humans ,lcsh:RC109-216 ,Medical prescription ,Biology ,Aged ,Science & Technology ,business.industry ,Research ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Infant, Newborn ,Infant ,Généralités ,medicine.disease ,Health Surveys ,Confidence interval ,Pneumonia ,Acute care hospitals ,Human medicine ,business - Abstract
Background: The point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and antimicrobial use organized by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC-PPS) and the Global Point Prevalence Survey of antimicrobial consumption (Global-PPS) were simultaneously performed in Belgian acute care hospitals in 2017. Methods: Belgian acute care hospitals were invited to participate in either the ECDC or Global-PPS. Hospital/ward/patient-level data were collected between September-December 2017. All patients present in the wards at 8 a.m. on the day of the PPS were included. The data of the ECDC and Global-PPS on antimicrobial consumption were pooled. Detailed data on HAIs were analysed for ECDC-PPS. Results: Overall, 110 Belgian acute care hospital sites participated in the ECDC and Global-PPS (countrywide participation rate: 81.4%, 28,007 patients). Overall, a crude prevalence of patients with at least one antimicrobial of 27.1% (95% confidence interval (CI) 26.5-27.6%) was found. The most frequently reported indications were pneumonia (23.2%), urinary tract infections (15.2%) and skin and soft tissue infections (11.9%). The reason for antimicrobial use was recorded for 81.9% of the prescriptions, a stop/review date for 40.8% and compliance with local antibiotic guidelines for 76.6%. In the ECDC-PPS, the crude prevalence of patients with at least one HAI was 7.3% (95%CI 6.8-7.7%). Most frequently reported HAIs were pneumonia (21.6%) and urinary tract infections (21.3%). Conclusions: HAI and antimicrobial use prevalence remained stable in comparison with the previous PPS (7.1% and 27.4% in 2011 and 2015, respectively). Belgian hospitals should be further stimulated to set local targets to improve antibiotic prescribing and reduce HAI., SCOPUS: ar.j, info:eu-repo/semantics/published
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- 2020