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BeH-SAC: Belgian Hospitals - Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption

Documents

Surveillance protocol version 6.0 - English

DDD/DDA list - version March 2021

Results

Update September 2021: The Healthstat reports currently include data until the third quarter of 2020 (annual figures for 2020 are expected in January 2022).

National results

The national reports of antimicrobial consumption in Belgian hospitals (acute/categorical/psychiatric hospitals) are publically available on the website of Healthstat.

Hospital reports

Every hospital can consult their individual results of antimicrobial consumption on the website of Healthstat.

How can you get access to these new hospital reports?

* In case your hospital already participated in the past (NSIHweb):

- Contact the RAE (Responsible Access Entity) of your hospital. This person can request an E-Health account for you and can subsequently activate the access to the BeH-SAC reports. The following link (Dutch) contains step by step instructions for the RAE to arrange the access. - Afterwards, you can login on Healthstat with your electronic identity card to open the reports. A user manual to getting started on Healthstat can be consulted via de following link.

* If this is the first time that your hospital participates in this surveillance:

Please contact Eline Vandael of Sciensano for further instructions (eline.vandael@sciensano.be or 02 642 50 26).

National reports

National report Antimicrobial Consumption in Belgium: 10-year evolution (2010-2019) in the community, nursing homes and hospitals

National report BeH-SAC: 15-year evolution (2003-2017) of antimicrobial consumption in Belgian hospitals

National report on the consumption of systematic antimicrobial agents in Belgian hospitals (2007-2013)  including the supplementary data.

Systemic antimicrobial drug use in Belgian hospitals, 2006-2007

Presentations

PowerPoint presentation, Belgian Hospitals - Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption, course GGA 23/01/2020

PowerPoint presentation, Belgian Hospitals - Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption, BAPCOC workshop 02/10/2019 (see Events)

PowerPoint presentation, of antimicrobial consumption and PPS, NSIH symposium 26/09/2019

PowerPoint presentation, Surveillance of antimicrobial consumption, NSIH symposium 27/04/2017

PowerPoint presentation Opleidingsprogramma Antibioticabeleid Truncus Communis 2011-2012, 10/10/2012

PowerPoint presentation 3th National Study Day on Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship, 27/03/2010

Publications

Vandael E, Magerman K, Coenen S, Goossens H, Catry B. Antibiotic consumption in Belgian acute care hospitals: analysis of the surveillance methodology, consumption evolution 2003 to 2016 and future perspectives. Euro Surveill. 2019;24(46). doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.46.1900098.

Vandael E, Catry B. Antibioticaresistentie: Een ernstige bedreiging voor de gezondheidszorg. Farmazine 06/2017; 75: 8-10.

Coenen S, Ferech M, Dvorakova K, Hendrickx E, Suetens C, Goossens H en de ESAC projectgroep. European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption (ESAC): penicillinegebruik in de ambulante praktijk in Europa. Huisarts Nu 2007; 36: 74-8.

Coenen S, Ferech M, Dvorakova K, Hendrickx E, Suetens C, Goossens H en de ESAC projectgroep. European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption (ESAC): cefalosporinegebruik in de ambulante praktijk in Europa. Huisarts Nu 2007; 36: 134-8.

Coenen S, Ferech M, Malhotra-Kumar S, Hendrickx E, Suetens C, Goossens H en de ESAC projectgroep. European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption (ESAC): gebruik van macroliden, lincosamiden en streptogramines (MLS) in de ambulante praktijk in Europa. Huisarts Nu 2007; 36: 186-90.

Coenen S, Ferech M, Malhotra-Kumar S, Dvorakova K, Hendrickx E, Suetens C, Goossens H en de ESAC projectgroep. European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption (ESAC): chinolonengebruik in de ambulante praktijk in Europa. Huisarts Nu 2007; 36: 239-43

Extra information

Omzendbrief: Normen en financiering met betrekking tot de Antibioticatherapiebeleidsgroep, 24/04/2008.

Royal Decree 8/01/2015.

Royal Decree 10/11/2006.

ABUH - Antibiotic Use in Hospitals (old methodology)

Documents

Surveillance protocol (Dutch)

Medicines register (version 2019)

NSIHweb1 is no longer active. Your retrospective data and graphs are still available here.

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