10 years of Global-PPS
We’re celebrating 10 years of Global-PPS this year! In honour of this special anniversary, we have created a dynamic timeline that guides you through Global-PPS’s history and our biggest milestones throughout the years. Take a look!
2006 - 2009
European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption (ESAC-PPS)
The first ESAC-PPS, coordinated by the University of Antwerp, included 20 hospitals from 20 EU countries. The final survey covered ca. 200 hospitals from 25 EU countries.
2010 - 2012
Antimicrobial Resistance and Prescribing in European Children (ARPEC-PPS)
New European funded ARPEC-PPS launched in 2011 and repeated in 2012”, focused on antimicrobial use in hospitalised children and neonates.
2013
The birth of Global-PPS
World HAI Forum
During the 4th edition of the World HAI Forum on Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance, June 2013, Annecy, France, bioMerieux decided to sponsor a worldwide Point Prevalence Survey on Antimicrobial Consumption and Resistance in hospitals.
Development of the Global-PPS protocol
2014
Development of Global-PPS web-based application for data entry and validation
Global-PPS pilot in 33 hospitals worldwide (October-November 2014)
2015
First worldwide Global-PPS
Conducted in 335 hospitals across 53 countries (100.600 patients) demonstrating that
worldwide surveillance can be accomplished with voluntary participation.
Any hospital admitting inpatients was welcome to participate.
2016
First Global-PPS booklet
Covering 22 presentations of which 19 presented during ECCMID congress, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
First annual Global-PPS meeting
2017
Expansion of the network
Second worldwide Global-PPS
2018
Publication on first G-PPS data collection
A core paper on the first global-PPS data collected amongst 335 hospitals across 53
countries worldwide was published in Lancet Global Health.
Participation extension
Extension possibility of participation in Global-PPS up to 3 survey periods/year (Jan-Apr,
May-Aug and Sept-Dec). Allows follow-up of antimicrobial stewardship interventions through
repeated global-PPS.
MSF
Start of collaboration with Doctors Without Borders (MSF).
2019
CwPAMS
Start collaboration with CwPAMS with Global-PPS conducted in Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
HAI-module
Development and launch of additional Healthcare-Associated Infections module with focus
on use of invasive devices. Increased focus on Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) in the
Global-PPS network by conducting a survey on AMS in participating hospitals (role of
Global-PPS, barriers & facilitators).
2020
Impact of the pandemic
Covid-19 pandemic caused a drop in participation.
SOP
A first edition of the Selection of Publications was created.
2021
Recovery of participation rate
CwPAMS programme extension
Second round of CwPAMS programme extension with Global-PPS conducted in eight African countries.
Launch of partner projects
ADILA, Pfizer outpatient project in Nigeria, Togo and Burkina Faso.
AWaRe
Publication on AWaRe (Access, Watch, Reserve) antibiotic use in the Global-PPS network.
Impact of Global-PPS
Publication of core paper on the impact of the Global-PPS on hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship Programmes.
2022
SPARC-PPS
Conduction of Global-PPS to facilitate sustainable data for Antimicrobial Stewardship in support of continuous quality improvement, additional countries (Malawi, Nepal, Nigeria, Timor Leste and Zimbabwe) as part of the project “Surveillance and Prescribing support for
Antimicrobial Stewardship Resource Capacity Building” (SPARC-PPS).
Outpatient protocol development
And pilot as part of the Pfizer outpatient project.
Collaboration with Radboudumc
Kick-off of the drive-AMS partner project in November.
Qualitative research
Start of a qualitative research study on AMS implementation in the Global-PPS network, with
a focus on low- and middle-income countries.
2023
Outpatient module
Worldwide launch of web-based data collection for the Global-PPS Outpatient module, any
institution/hospital/PHC admitting outpatients is welcome to participate.
Interactive online reporting
Introduction of an innovative, interactive online reporting dashboard through the Global-PPS
tool.
Updated Selection of Publications
2024
10 years of Global-PPS
Over 1150 participating hospitals across 97 countries, surveying over 575.000 patients.
