1. Data collection on the wards using the paper data collection forms

see protocol and data collection templates available under https://www.global-pps.com/documents

• Participants are asked to survey each ward within the hospital only once within a predefined period. These periods are Jan-April 2021, May-August 2021 and September-December 2021. Depending on your organization, you decide which wards you would like to survey on which day during one of the chosen period(s), BUT, each ward should be completely audited in a single day!
• Be aware: surgical wards should NOT be surveyed just after a weekend or bank holiday (Monday in Christian countries, Saturday in Islamic countries) in order to capture retrospective information about prophylaxis in the previous 24 hours. This means that patients who received the surgical prophylaxis 'before' 8am on the day of the PPS will be included in the survey. For those patients, a patient form (see data collection forms) needs to be completed. Patients who receive surgical prophylaxis after 8AM on the day of the PPS are NOT included into the survey. See protocol page 8 for explanatory table !
  All other wards can be surveyed on any weekday.
• During the chosen PPS day, proceed as follows:
  • Copy/print the ward form for each ward under surveillance. Complete the ward specifications and denominators for each ward under surveillance on the day of the PPS (see data collection forms, page 1)
  • Copy/print severalpatient forms because for each inpatient occupying a bed at 8AM on the day of the PPS and receiving one or more active/ongoing antimicrobial(s) at 8AM on the day of the survey, a patient form needs to be completed (see data collection forms, page 2). Only record antimicrobials which were prescribed to the patient at 8AM on the day of the PPS.
    • antimicrobials which were not yet prescribed at 8AM are not included.
    • also antimicrobials which were stopped before 8AM are not included.
  • OPTIONAL if you chose to participate with the full version with HAI module! Copy/print several patient forms to collect additional variables for HAI at patient level complete this form for each patient on antimicrobials at 8AM on the day of the PPS, also those who are not treated for HAI (see data collection forms, page 4).

At the end of the day, you will have for each single/separate ward : 1 ward form together with all the individual patient forms and optionally the HAI forms at patient level (one or two forms for each patient prescribed an antimicrobial on the day of the PPS) attached.