Latest results for MRSA, MSSA, E. coli, CDI and GRE

Background

Many hospitals in the country have participated in voluntary surveillance of key infections for many years. As part of the increased focus on control of Healthcare associated infections, surveillance of some infections was made mandatory. This started off in the NHS with Staphylococcus aureus including meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteraemia in April 2001 and was later extended to glycopeptide resistant enterococcal (GRE) bacteraemia in October 2003, Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in January 2004, meticillin-sensitive S. aureus (MSSA) bacteraemia in January 2011 and Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteraemia in June 2011.

MRSA and MSSA bacteraemia and C. difficile infection mandatory data (official statistics)

• S aureus bacteraemia tables:

MRSA bacteraemia: NHS Acute Trust results (April 2006 onwards*) and Primary Care Organisation results (April 2008 onwards).

MSSA bacteraemia: NHS Acute Trust and Primary Care Organisation results (January 2011 onwards) 

• C. difficile infection tables: NHS Acute Trust and Primary Care Organisation results. April 2007 onwards*.

• GRE bacteraemia tables: NHS Acute Trust reports by year. October 2003 onwards.

• Quarterly Epidemiological Commentaries: Trends in MRSA bacteraemia and C. difficile infection.

*Archive data for earlier time periods (from the start of mandatory reporting for each organism) are available separately on the same page.

 E. coli bacteraemia mandatory data

• E. coli bacteraemia: NHS Acute Trust and Primary Care Organisation results (June 2011 onwards) 

Other Data Outputs

• Reports and rates of MRSA bacteraemia in elective patients (NHS patients): Acute Trust results for financial year 2008/09.
• Weekly Reports of Hospital Apportioned MRSA bacteraemia and C. difficile infection: NHS hospital results for a rolling 12 week period.

Independent Sector Reporting

• MRSA bacteraemia and C. difficile infection