A predictive score for the result of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales and vancomycin-resistant enterococci screening.

Background: The duration of extensively drug-resistant bacteria (XDR) carriage depends on several factors for which the information can be difficult to recover.

Aim: To determine whether past screening and clinical results of patients can predict the results of subsequent screening.

Methods: In total, 256 patients were retrospectively included from 10 healthcare centres in France from January 2014 to January 2022.

How to measure hospital antibiotic consumption: comparison of two methods from data surveillance in France.

Background: Antibiotic use (ABU) surveillance in healthcare facilities (HCFs) is essential to guide stewardship. Two methods are recommended: antibiotic consumption (ABC), expressed as the number of DDD/1000 patient-days; and prevalence of antibiotic prescription (ABP) measured through point prevalence surveys. However, no evidence is provided about whether they lead to similar conclusions.