HELICS: a European project to standardise the surveillance of hospital acquired infection, 1994-1995

R Mertens; J. M.J van den Berg; J Fabry; O. B Jepsen

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HELICS: a European project to standardise the surveillance of hospital acquired infection, 1994-1995
R Mertens¹ , J. M.J van den Berg² , J Fabry³ , O. B Jepsen⁴
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Affiliations: ¹ Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Brussels, Belgium ² CBO, Utrecht, The Netherlands ³ Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France ⁴ Statens Seruminstitut, Copenhagen, Denmark

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Citation style for this article: Mertens R, van den Berg J. M.J, Fabry J, Jepsen O. B. HELICS: a European project to standardise the surveillance of hospital acquired infection, 1994-1995. Euro Surveill. 1996;1(4):pii=154. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.01.04.00154-en

Abstract

During the 1990s several European countries began to set up national or regional networks for the surveillance of hospital acquired infections. Most of these networks were based on the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Nosocomia