The ICU-HELICS programme: towards European surveillance of hospital-acquired infections in intensive care units
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- DOI: 10.2807/esm.07.09.00359-en
The ICU-HELICS programme: towards European surveillance of hospital-acquired infections in intensive care units
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).