A Point Prevalence Survey of Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Use in Public Acute Care Hospitals in Crete, Greece.
Petros IoannouEirini AstrinakiEfsevia VitsaxakiEmmanouil BolikasDespoina ChristofakiApostolia SalvarakiEirini LagoudakiEleni IoannidouStamatis KarakonstantisStamatina SaplamidouChristos CleovoulouEleni StamatakiStavroula IliaArgyri MessaritakiMichaela AvdiAnthoula ChalkiadakiStyliani PapathanasakiChrisanthi MarkopoulouEvagelia MagouliMaria MoustakiVasileia-Athina KataxakiPanagiotis SkevakisNikolaos SpernovasilisGeorgios ChamilosDiamantis P KofteridisPublished in: Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)
The prevalence of HAI and antimicrobial use among hospitalized patients in Crete, Greece was similar to the national HAI prevalence in 2016 despite the enormous pressure on public hospitals due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, both HAI prevalence and antimicrobial use remain high, underlining the need to implement adequate infection control and antimicrobial stewardship interventions.