Monitoring healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use at regional level through repeated point prevalence surveys: what can be learnt?
- Arnoldo L
- Smaniotto C
- Celotto D
- Brunelli L
- Cocconi R
- Tignonsini D
- Faruzzo A
- Brusaferro S
- Collazzo R
- Mansutti M
- Martellotta F
- Giacomini M
- Del Ben G
- Vigo C
- Marino M
- Farneti F
- Franca G
- Calligaris L
- Giuliani C
- Perossa R
- Carlovich C
- Valentinis A
- Compassi S
- Guarneri S
- Rasman W
- Kette F
- Toscani P
- Crapis M
- Santarossa A
- Bigaran A
- Maggiore A
- Croci E
- Germanis L
- Perulli A
- Monteverdi D
- Zobec S
- Benedetti G
- Montesi MC
- Petronio L
- Sfreddo P
- Giurco C
- Rieppi C
- Alessandrini V
- Zuliani P
- Polonia M
- Pipan C
- the FVG Regional 'safety Care' Group
DOIAbstract
Abstract BACKGROUND: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) surveillance is an essential part of any infection prevention and control programme. Repeated point prevalence surveys (PPSs) according to European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) protocol have been implemented in all Friuli Venezia Giulia (FVG) region (Italy) acute hospitals to reduce and control HAIs. AIM: Using the repeated PPSs within a regional-healthcare system (RHS) to promote and evaluate infection prevention and control (IPC) programmes. METHODS: The standard versions of the ECDC PPS protocols were used in all four surveys (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017). All RHS public and private accredited hospitals were involved within the 'safe care network' progra...
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