First nationwide point-prevalence survey on healthcare-associated infections and antibiotic use in long-term care facilities, Switzerland, September 2024.

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTIONData for healthcare-associated infections (HAI) and antibiotic use in long-term care facilities (LTCF) in Switzerland are lacking but are necessary to take actions.AIMWe aimed to estimate HAI prevalence and antibiotic use and to record existing structure and process indicators in the area of infection prevention/antibiotic use in Swiss LTCF.METHODSWe invited all Swiss LTCF for this PPS in September 2024 using the adapted Healthcare-Associated Infections in European Long-Term Care Facilities (HALT)-4 protocol. The proportion of residents with HAI and systemic antibiotic treatment was calculated for a representative sample, stratified by language region and size. We assessed resident-level and institutional risk factors for HAI in all participating institutions, using random-effe

SUBMITTER: Flury D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12475890 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature