The European Union seeks to end the inappropriate use of antibiotics in residences with the IMAGINE project

The University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria hosted the launch meeting of the new IMAGINE project, financed by the EU4 Health Program of the European Union and coordinated by Carles Llor, researcher at IDIAPJGol, on January 25 and 26.

This project arises from the growing threat posed by bacterial resistance to antibiotics, an effect caused by the overtreatment of infections with non-specific antibiotics. The goal of the IMAGINE project is to increase the prevention of infections, mainly urinary tract infections, and reduce the inadequacy of antibiotics by implementing a multifaceted intervention aimed at health professionals in nursing homes.

Over the next 3 years, the partners of the IMAGINE project consortium, of which the IDIAPJGol is a part, will train health personnel working in nursing homes for better management and diagnosis of suspected acute infections in the eight target countries : Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Denmark and Spain.