At the 32^st edition of the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), the Global-PPS team from the University of Antwerp and participants from Georgia, Montenegro, and the Philippines present their latest Global-PPS results. This year, ECCMID will take place for the first time as a hybrid event both online and on-site in Lisbon, Portugal on 23 – 26 April 2022.

Five Global-PPS abstracts have been accepted for presentation in a poster session. Due to the hybrid nature this year, poster sessions will occur simultaneously online and on-site. The Georgian team will explore the use of antibiotics in hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Georgia. The participants from Montenegro will present their results on antimicrobial prescribing in 10 Montenegrin hospitals in 2021. The 3^rd poster assesses the use of forgotten antibiotics worldwide. Last but not least, the participants from the Philippines will present two posters, one focussing on antimicrobial prescriptions for COVID-19 patients in 2021 in the Philippines. The other poster assesses antibiotic prescribing for surgical prophylaxis in 15 Philippines hospitals during a 4-year period, using repeated Point Prevalence Surveys.

Visit the congress website for information on how to register. You can find all information about the abstract sessions featuring Global-PPS data below.

Sunday, 12:00-13:00 – New antibacterial agents, PK/PD & Stewardship (poster session category 5d, ePoster already available)

• The Global Point Prevalence Survey of use of antibiotics in hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Georgia. What the pandemic has changed – Irma Korinteli (poster n° 1431)
• The Global PPS of Antimicrobial Consumption and Resistance: Results of Antimicrobial Prescribing in Montenegro in 2021– Maja Raicevic (poster n° 1450)
• Assessing the use of forgotten antibiotics through the Global Point Prevalence Survey of Antimicrobial Consumption and Resistance (Global-PPS) – Ann Versporten (poster n° 1426)
• Antibiotic prescribing for surgical prophylaxis in 15 Philippine Hospitals: results from a 4-year surveillance period using repeated point prevalence surveys – Mari Rose De Los Reyes (poster n° 1438)

Monday, 12:00-13:00 – COVID-19 (poster session category 12b, ePoster already available)

• The Global Point Prevalence Survey of Antimicrobial Consumption and Resistance (Global-PPS): 2021 results of antimicrobial prescribing for COVID-19 patients in The Philippines – Mari Rose De Los Reyes (poster n° 1965)