Summary of the 2014 Evaluation

Key Points

• A self-monitoring system deemed generally satisfactory by nursing homes

• Well-known tools

• Useful and simple monitoring and reporting forms

• Suggested improvements for procedures regarding etiological investigations

• Professional enrichment and the concept of teamwork, but also an increased workload, associated with the implementation of this surveillance within nursing homes.

• A shift in practices regarding adherence to standard and additional precautions, as well as in the management of outbreaks