Healthcare-associated pneumonia in acute care hospitals in European union/European economic area countries: an analysis of data from a point prevalence survey, 2011 to 2012
- Walter, J.
- Haller, S.
- Quinten, C.
- Kärki, T.
- Zacher, B.
- Eckmanns, T.
- Abu Sin, M.
- Plachouras, D.
- Kinross, P.
- Suetens, C.
- Strauss, R.
- Mertens, K.
- Dobreva, E.
- Budimir, A.
- Hadjiloucas, A.
- Prattingerová, J.
- Kristensen, B.
- Monnet, D.L.
- Märtin, P.
- Lyytikäinen, O.
- Giard, M.
- Piening, B.
- Kritsotakis, E.I.
- Kurcz, A.
- Gudlaugsson, Ó.
- Burns, K.
- Moro, M.L.
- Dumpis, U.
- Ašembergienė, J.
- Heisbourg, E.
- Xuereb, D.
- Hopmans, T.
- Sorknes, N.K.
- Deptuła, A.
- Paiva, J.A.
- Serban, R.
- Litvová, S.
- Kolman, J.
- Lozano, J.
- Struwe, J.
- Hopkins, S.
- Doherty, L.
- Reilly, J.S.
- Harrison, W.
DOIAbstract
An aim of the ECDC point prevalence survey (PPS) in European Union/European Economic Area acute care hospitals was to acquire standardised healthcare-associated infections (HAI) data. We analysed one of the most common HAIs in the ECDC PPS, healthcare-associated pneumonia (HAP). Standardised HAI case definitions were provided and countries were advised to recruit nationally representative subsets of hospitals. We calculated 95% confidence intervals (CIs) around prevalence estimates and adjusted for clustering at hospital level. Of 231,459 patients in the survey, 2,902 (1.3%; 95% CI: 1.2–1.3) fulfilled the case definition for a HAP. HAPs were most frequent in intensive care units (8.1%; 95% CI: 7.4–8.9) and among patients intubated on the da...
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