Figure 1.
Summary of the content and results of national and international programs for surveying and controlling health care associated infections and antibiotic resistance, presented as posters at the 3rdworld HAI forum. The posters have been classified in five categories depending on their scope: (a) Antibiotic stewardship and infection control, (b) Antibiotic stewardship, (c) Infection control, (d) Survey (antibiotic consumption, bacterial resistance to antibiotics, health care associated infections and (e) International action. Symbols used: ↘ = diminution; C = antibiotic consumption; MRSA = methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; VRE = vancomycin resistant enterococci; CRE = carbapenem resistant enterobacteria; MDRO = multidrug resistant organisms; R = bacterial resistance.