The rapid spread of the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected over 3 million people and causing more than 200,000 deaths to date, has shed light on existing weaknesses and structural problems in healthcare systems worldwide, from poor compliance with infection control procedures to insufficient supplies of medical equipment.1,2
"The coordinated actions by the Greek health authorities but also the immediate adoption of basic measures of prevention that control the transmission of the new virus by the vast majority of citizens, show that we already have suitable defense mechanisms at hand. The ultimate goal and opportunity now is for prevention practices to become permanently integrated into our daily lives, even after the COVID-19 pandemic. This way we can stop losing lives every year from the flu and other infections that can otherwise be prevented " says Dr Theoklis Zaoutis, Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology and Scientific Director of CLEO.
The 36th Annual Meeting of ESPID (European Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases) held in Malmö, Sweden, on May 28 - June 2, 2018, included a wide range of educational seminars and lectures on the latest developments in the field of pediatric infections, epidemiology and immunology. The conference was attended by pediatricians, infectious practitioners, microbiologists and distinguished researchers from all over the world and presented original research work on the whole range of pediatric infections.
The CLEO team, headed by Prof. Theoklis Zaoutis, attended this year's conference and participated with the following abstracts:
The 37th Annual Meeting of ESPID (European Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases) held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on May 6-11, 2019, once again brought together the most important researchers in the field of pediatric infections, epidemiology and immunology, enabling trainees in the above fields to meet experts and colleagues from other countries and share their experiences. The ESPID’s programme was clinically oriented and promoted the best clinical practice for management of pediatric infections while it covered a wide range of educational seminars and interaction between trainees and faculty was strongly encouraged.
The CLEO team, headed by Prof. Theoklis Zaoutis, attended this year's conference and participated with the following abstracts:
It’s in your hands – prevent sepsis in health care
WHO calls on health facilities to prevent health care-associated sepsis through hand hygiene and infection prevention and control (IPC) action. Sepsis is estimated to affect more than 30 million patients every year worldwide. At the Seventieth World Health Assembly in May 2017, Member States adopted a resolution on improving the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of sepsis.