Work package (WP) | Title | Objective |
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WP 1 | Project Management | Ensure that the project’s main scientific objectives are realized on schedule and on budget. |
WP 2 | Systematic review of European guidelines for HAI-prevention, surveillance and public HAI reporting | Detect and analyze current guidelines and recommendations in European countries for HAI-prevention of HAI. In addition, this work package will review HAI surveillance activities and schemes and public HAI reporting efforts in European countries. |
WP 3 | Survey of policy and practice for HAI-prevention in European hospitals | Assess the activity of European hospitals in HAI-prevention using a questionnaire of key determinants in a sample of hospitals in all European countries. |
WP 4 (‘InDepth’) | In-depth qualitative investigation of success factors for adoption and implementation of infection prevention practices | Identify facilitators and barriers for successful adoption and implementation of evidence-based infection prevention practices by European hospitals. |
WP 5 | Randomized effectiveness trial of two interventions to reduce catheter-related blood stream infections | Demonstrate the effectiveness of implementation of two interventions to prevent CRBSI: 1) the WHO hand hygiene promotion strategy and 2) a CRBSI prevention bundle. |
WP 6 | Synthesis and dissemination | Provide tools for HAI-prevention to be used by stakeholders at multiple levels of health care systems. |