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The event and launch of the ENSH report on “INCREASING ADHERENCE TO CAUTI GUIDELINES: RECOMMENDATIONS FROM EXISTING EVIDENCE’’ was held on Wednesday, 30 June 2021 via videoconference. Moderated by Mr. Brandon Mitchener, Executive Director of Health First Europe and coordinator of the European Network for Safer Healthcare (ENSH), the event brought together multiple health stakeholders…

Co-written by Health First Europe (HFE), the European Network for Safer Healthcare, and the European Association of Urology Nurses (EAUN), this comprehensive report “Increasing adherence to CAUTI guidelines recommendations from existing evidence” aims to raise awareness on catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) and discuss evidence-based recommendations on how to prevent them. Improving adherence to the…

Brussels, 15 June 2021 We are truly delighted to join the European Collaborative Action on Medication Errors and Traceability (ECAMET), a patient safety initiative run by the European Alliance for Access to Safe Medicines (EAASM). The Alliance is firmly resolved to significantly reduce medication errors and promote, at European and national levels, the implementation of…

Health First Europe, of which ENSH is a member, launched a new report on patient safety  entitled ‘Pathways for fostering Patient Safety across Europe’ summarising the main takeaways from a virtual roundtable discussion on patient safety best practices which took place digitally on 8 September 2020. The event brought together healthcare authorities, academics, patients, healthcare…

In November 2020, Europe’s first AMR Patient Group was officially launched coinciding with European Antibiotic Awareness Day 2020 and World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (18-24 November). The AMR Patient Group is an initiative by Health First Europe and is comprised of national patient associations from across Europe. The group aims to address the gap in awareness at…

Health First Europe launched in November a new Insight Report entitled ”Identifying the gaps between evidence and practice in the prevention of surgical site infections’ showing striking gaps between evidence-based measures suggested by official guidelines and medical practices in European hospitals which represent a serious concern for the safety of European patients. The launch of this report was…

Our Joint Call on Patient Safety and HAI Prevention and Control is out!  A Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI) is an infection occurring in a patient during the process of care in a hospital or in another healthcare facility which was not present or incubating at the time of admission. HAIs can affect patients in any type…

EU health stakeholders at the Gastein Forum call for a strong political commitment for safer care to tackle HAIs and AMR “The next challenge is to implement standardised electronic surveillance of AMR and HAIs in more than 8,000 European acute care hospitals, the ECDC is ready to help make this happen.” Andrea Ammon, Director of the…