Saturday 13 April 2019

High prevalence of healthcare-associated infections and low testing rates found in EU hospitals

The European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) estimates that 9 million cases of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) occur across Europe each year—with around one in 15 patients in acute care hospitals and one in 24 residents in long-term care facilities having at least one infection on any given day, according to the most comprehensive assessment of HAIs in Europe to date, being presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Amsterdam, Netherlands (13-16 April).

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/high-prevalence-of-healthcare-associated-infections-and-low-testing-rates-found-in-eu-hospitals