The IPC Observatory is an automated literature surveillance system tracking publications relevant to Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) among hospitalised patients. It continuously monitors the scientific literature, screening new publications and surfacing those most likely to be relevant to clinical practice and evidence synthesis.

The Observatory is part of a clinical guideline development effort led by the ESCMID EUCIC Working Group (European Committee on Infection Control), with the goal of producing up-to-date, evidence-based recommendations for IPC in hospital settings. By automating the identification and screening of relevant literature, the Observatory helps ensure that guidelines are informed by the most current evidence.

Use the Browser tab to search, filter, and explore the collected publications. Each publication is processed through an automated screening pipeline and can be further reviewed by the working group. Filters allow narrowing the literature by screening status and date of addition to the collection.

Contributors include the guidance working group of ESCMID EUCIC.

Publication space

Accepted papers projected via text embeddings (biobert). Click legend or histogram to filter.

Extraction Overview

Papers included after full-text review, with extraction tags as columns. Columns are fully configurable and your layout is saved per browser.

This diagram follows the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) reporting standard, showing how records were identified, screened, and included at each stage of the review process.