Surveillance of Healthcare-Associated Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities in Graz, Austria, from 2018 to 2022
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Patient Characteristics
2.2. Incidence Rate of Healthcare-Associated Infections
2.3. Rate of Antimicrobial Prescriptions
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Setting
4.2. Data Collection and Definitions
4.3. Statistical Analysis
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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2.10 (1.86, 2.38) | 2.86 * (2.59, 3.16) | 2.44 (2.19, 2.71) | 1.86 (1.64, 2.11) | 4.09 * (3.71, 4.48) |
2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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1.77 (1.54, 2.02) | 2.13 * (1.9, 2.39) | 1.81 (1.6, 2.05) | 1.56 (1.36, 1.79) | 1.88 (1.64, 2.15) |
Number of Beds | Number of GPs * | Resident Days (Total 2018–2022) | Occupancy Rate in % (Average 2018–2022) | Admissions/Year (Average 2018–2022) | |
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LTCF 1 | 97 | 11 | 163.322 | 90.2 | 31.6 |
LTCF 2 | 90 | 15 | 151.970 | 93.7 | 29.8 |
LTCF 3 | 104 | 7 | 181.350 | 96.9 | 36.4 |
LTCF 4 | 97 | 11 | 141.115 | 88.1 | 29.6 |
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König, E.; Meister, M.; Pux, C.; Uhlmann, M.; Schippinger, W.; Friedl, H.; Krause, R.; Zollner-Schwetz, I. Surveillance of Healthcare-Associated Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities in Graz, Austria, from 2018 to 2022. Antibiotics 2025, 14, 573. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics14060573
König E, Meister M, Pux C, Uhlmann M, Schippinger W, Friedl H, Krause R, Zollner-Schwetz I. Surveillance of Healthcare-Associated Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities in Graz, Austria, from 2018 to 2022. Antibiotics. 2025; 14(6):573. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics14060573
Chicago/Turabian StyleKönig, Elisabeth, Miriam Meister, Christian Pux, Michael Uhlmann, Walter Schippinger, Herwig Friedl, Robert Krause, and Ines Zollner-Schwetz. 2025. "Surveillance of Healthcare-Associated Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities in Graz, Austria, from 2018 to 2022" Antibiotics 14, no. 6: 573. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics14060573
APA StyleKönig, E., Meister, M., Pux, C., Uhlmann, M., Schippinger, W., Friedl, H., Krause, R., & Zollner-Schwetz, I. (2025). Surveillance of Healthcare-Associated Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities in Graz, Austria, from 2018 to 2022. Antibiotics, 14(6), 573. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics14060573