Episode 52 - Diamantis Plachouras - Healthcare-associated infections

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Episode 52 - Diamantis Plachouras - Healthcare-associated infections

ECDC: On Air

14 minutes 47 seconds

1 year ago

Episode 52 - Diamantis Plachouras - Healthcare-associated infections

According to the latest ECDC survey, each year, 4.3 million patients in hospitals in the EU/EEA acquire at least one healthcare-associated infection during their stay in the hospital.

Diamantis Plachouras - ECDC Principal Expert in Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-Associated Infections tells us why this issue needs to be tackled as swift as possible and goes deeper into the data coming from the third point prevalence survey (PPS) of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and antimicrobial use in acute care hospitals, coordinated by ECDC in 2022-2023.