Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
U Heudorf (
)<SUP>1</SUP>, K Boehlcke<SUP>1</SUP>, M Schade<SUP>1</SUP>
Citation style for this article: Heudorf U, Boehlcke K, Schade M. Healthcare-associated infections in long-term care facilities (HALT) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, January to March 2011. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(35)
ii=20256. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20256
Date of submission: 02 December 2011 <HR>Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a potentially serious threat to elderly people living in long-term care facilities. Therefore, the European HALT (Healthcare-associated infections in long-term care facilities) project was launched in 2008. HAIs and the use of antibiotics were studied in all 40 nursing homes (100% response) in the city of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, from January to March 2011, using the HALT protocol. Of the 3,732 residents in the homes, 4.3% (n=161) had either signs or symptoms of infections and/or were on oral antibiotics. The most common infections were urinary tract infections (n=45; 1.2%), followed by infections of the respiratory tract (n=41; 1.1%) and skin except mycosis (n=25; 0.7%). The overall prevalence of oral antibiotic use was 2.4% (n=90). The most frequently prescribed oral antibiotics were quinolones (n=31), cephalosporins (n=19), penicillins (n=11) and co-trimoxazole (n=11). The prevalence of HAIs was about the same as that in a European pilot study carried out in November 2009 (5%), but was higher than in several national surveys carried out between May and September 2010 (1.6?3.6%).
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 17, Issue 35, 30 August 2012
Surveillance and outbreak reports
Healthcare-associated infections in long-term care facilities (HALT) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, January to March 2011
Surveillance and outbreak reports
Healthcare-associated infections in long-term care facilities (HALT) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, January to March 2011
U Heudorf (
- Public Health Authorities, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Citation style for this article: Heudorf U, Boehlcke K, Schade M. Healthcare-associated infections in long-term care facilities (HALT) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, January to March 2011. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(35)
ii=20256. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20256 Date of submission: 02 December 2011 <HR>Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a potentially serious threat to elderly people living in long-term care facilities. Therefore, the European HALT (Healthcare-associated infections in long-term care facilities) project was launched in 2008. HAIs and the use of antibiotics were studied in all 40 nursing homes (100% response) in the city of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, from January to March 2011, using the HALT protocol. Of the 3,732 residents in the homes, 4.3% (n=161) had either signs or symptoms of infections and/or were on oral antibiotics. The most common infections were urinary tract infections (n=45; 1.2%), followed by infections of the respiratory tract (n=41; 1.1%) and skin except mycosis (n=25; 0.7%). The overall prevalence of oral antibiotic use was 2.4% (n=90). The most frequently prescribed oral antibiotics were quinolones (n=31), cephalosporins (n=19), penicillins (n=11) and co-trimoxazole (n=11). The prevalence of HAIs was about the same as that in a European pilot study carried out in November 2009 (5%), but was higher than in several national surveys carried out between May and September 2010 (1.6?3.6%).