Key facts
• Each year, over 35 000 people in the European Union (EU) die from infections resistant to antimicrobials. The mortality caused by these infections is comparable to that of influenza, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS combined.*
• Each year, 4.3 million patients in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) acquire at least one healthcare-associated infection during their stay in a hospital and many of these infections are resistant to antimicrobials.**
• On any given day, about 7%, or 1 in 14 patients in hospitals in the EU/EEA have at least one healthcare-associated infection.
1 in 3 microorganisms detected in healthcare-associated infections are bacteria resistant to important antibiotics, thus limiting options for treating infected patients—read more.
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