ECDC PPS in European acute care hospitals protocol

Data collected at the hospital level for the “Point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in European acute care hospitals”, conform to the following two protocol types.

Standard (patient-based) protocol includes:

• hospital data form: one form per hospital per PPS;
• patient data form: one form per patient. It collects:
  • the patients risk factors;
  • numerator data:
    • presence of active healthcare-associated infection;
    • presence of antimicrobial use;
  • denominator data (the form itself).

Light (unit-based) protocol :

• hospital data form: one form per hospital per PPS;
• denominator data form: one form per ward;
• numerator data: one form for:
  • presence of active healthcare-associated infection;
  • presence of antimicrobial use.

The inclusion/exclusion criteria (denominator data) and the definition of healthcare-associated infection (HAI) and antimicrobial use (AU) are the same for both the protocols.

The protocol standardises:

• inclusion/exclusion criteria;
• healthcare-associated infection definitions;
• antimicrobial use definition.

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Link to European IC/HH Core Competencies

• Area 3. Surveillance and investigation of healthcare associated infection (HAI)

Reference

http://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications/Publications/0512-TED-PPS-HAI-antimicrobial-use-protocol.pdf