The ICU-HELICS programme: towards European surveillance of hospital-acquired infections in intensive care units.
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).
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HELICS-ICU secretariat, Scientific Institute of public health, Brussels, Belgium.
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D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005062:European Union; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011159:Population Surveillance