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Key messages for hospital prescribers

information material, key messages, toolkit material - 20 Sep 2021

These key messages were developed as part of a toolkit aimed at promoting prudent use of antibiotics in hospitals and other healthcare settings through dissemination of evidence-based educational and information materials.

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SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands – ECDC supports World Hand Hygiene Day 2020

news - 5 May 2020

Each year on 5 May, the “SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands” campaign takes place as part of a major global effort led by the World Health Organization (WHO) to improve hand hygiene in healthcare settings. The campaign mobilises people around the world to increase adherence to hand hygiene in all healthcare settings, thus protecting healthcare workers and patients from COVID-19 and healthcare-associated infections by other pathogens.

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SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands – ECDC supports World Hand Hygiene Day 2019

news - 3 May 2019

Each year on 5 May, the “SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands” campaign takes place as part of a major global effort led by the World Health Organization (WHO) to improve hand hygiene in healthcare settings.

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WHO launches global survey on infection prevention and control and hand hygiene

news - 5 Feb 2019

Ahead of their annual hand hygiene campaign on 5 May 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) have launched a global survey on the current level of progress of infection prevention and control (IPC) programmes and hand hygiene activities in healthcare facilities.

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New Europe-wide survey of healthcare workers’ perceptions about antibiotic use and resistance

news - 29 Jan 2019

On 28 January, Public Health England (PHE) launched a new multilingual survey, funded by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), which aims to gain an understanding of European healthcare workers’ knowledge and perceptions about antibiotics and antibiotic resistance.

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Antibiotic resistance – an increasing threat to human health

infographic - 15 Nov 2018

Each year, 33000 people die from an infection due to bacteria resistant to antibiotics. The burden is comparable to that of influenza, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS combined.

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Antimicrobial use in European hospitals and long-term care facilities

infographic - 15 Nov 2018

1 in 3 patients received at least one antimicrobial on any given day. Some of this use may be unnecessary and contribute to the spread of antimicrobial resistance.

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Antimicrobial use in: Long-term care facilities

infographic - 15 Nov 2018

7 / 10 antimicrobials were prescribed for treatment of an infection and 3 in 10 for prophylaxis.

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Healthcare-associated infections – a threat to patient safety in Europe

infographic - 15 Nov 2018

A total of 8.9 million HAIs were estimated to occur each year in European hospitals and long-term care facilities

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Micro-Combat: ISGlobal’s fun way of learning about antimicrobial resistance and how to fight infectious disease

news - 20 Nov 2017

A team from the Antimicrobial Resistance Initiative at ISGlobal has produced an entertaining and educational card game designed to raise awareness among young people about how infections are transmitted and how they can be prevented.

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