ECDC Virtual Academy (EVA)

Sessions

Session 1: Introduction to Programme 

• Introduction to healthcare-associated infections and outbreak investigation in acute care hospitals and use of microbiological data

Session 2: Descriptive studies

• Literature review (ORION checklist)

Session 3: Infection prevention and control interventions during hospital outbreaks

Session 4: Surveillance

• The role of manual/automated surveillance in identifying HAI outbreaks
• ECDC/EURGen-Net investigations into understanding the spread of carbapenemand/or colistin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CCRE) in Europe
  

Session 5: Application to practice

• Application of interventions to control HAI in health care settings
• Transparent reporting of outbreaks and interventions