The ICU-HELICS programme: Towards European surveillance of hospital-acquired infections in intensive care units

C Suetens; A Savey; J Labeeuw; I Morales; on behalf of the working group HELICS-ICU

doi:10.2807/esm.07.09.00359-en

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The ICU-HELICS programme: Towards European surveillance of hospital-acquired infections in intensive care units
C Suetens¹ , A Savey² , J Labeeuw¹ , I Morales¹ , on behalf of the working group HELICS-ICU
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Affiliations: ¹ HELICS-ICU secrétariat, Scientific Institute of public health, Brussels, Belgium ² C. Clin Sud-Est, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, France

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Citation style for this article: Suetens C, Savey A, Labeeuw J, Morales I, on behalf of the working group HELICS-ICU. The ICU-HELICS programme: Towards European surveillance of hospital-acquired infections in intensive care units. Euro Surveill. 2002;7(9):pii=359. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.07.09.00359-en

Abstract

The creation of a database intended for the comparative analysis of the rates of hospital-acquired infections in the 15 countries of the European Union is among the objectives of the HELICS network (Hospitals in Europe Link for Infection Control through Surveillance).