Healthcare Associated Infections references

Key Reports on HCAI

See links below for publications related to specific pathogens/topics

HPA Reports

• National Confidential Study of Deaths Following Meticillin-Resistant (MRSA) Infection. (PDF, 1.2 MB)
  
   November 2007

• Healthcare-Associated Infections in England: 2008-2009 Report

• Surveillance of Healthcare Associated Infections Report: 2008

• Surveillance of Healthcare Associated Infections Report: 2007

• Mandatory Surveillance of Healthcare Assoicated Infections Report: 2006
   Mandatory surveillance of MRSA, Clostridium difficile, GRE and SSI

• Infection control and IT implementation Project (ICIT/IAE) (PDF, 1.1 MB)
  
   August 2005. Report prepared for Department of Health

• "Parnell S, Fearnon A, Dell A (2005) ASEPTIC" (PDF, 1.8 MB)
  
   A systems evaluation project for infection control. Final report

Other Reports

• Crack down on cleanliness and infections 

• Investigations into outbreaks of Clostridium difficile at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Healthcare Commissions press release

• Investigations into outbreaks of Clostridium difficile at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Healthcare Commissions report Report

• HCAI Death Certification Guidance 4th October 2007

• National Audit Office (2004) A report by the Comptroller General   Improving patient care by reducing the risk of hospital acquired infection.

• National Audit Office (2000) A report by the Comptroller General The management and control of hospital acquired infection in acute NHS Trusts in England

• Antimicrobial Resistance in 2000 England and Wales (PDF, 306 KB)
  
  Public Health Laboratory Service

• Department of Health. Report by the Chief Medical Officer Winning Ways: Working together to reduce healthcare associated infection in England. December 2003

• Getting Ahead of the Curve - A strategy for Infectious Diseases  Department of Health 2002

• The delivery programme to reduce healthcare associated infections (HCAI) including MRSA  A set of information and tools designed to support NHS Trusts in reducing healthcare associated infections like MRSA

• The Orion Statement: Guidelines for transparent reporting of Outbreak Reports and Intervention studies of Nosocomial infection. Stone,S.P.; Cooper,B.S.; Kibbler,C.C.; Cookson,B.D.; Robert,J.; Medley,G.F.; Duckworth,G.; Lai,R.; Ebrahim,S.; Brown,E.; Wiffen,P.J.; Davey,P.G. British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 31 July 2006

   

Surveillance protocols

• Surgical Site Infection Surveillance Protocol (PDF, 754 KB)
  This revision of the protocol for the surveillance of surgical site infection reflects changes made to the data handling systems and incorporates a standard approach to the surveillance of surgical site infections (SSI) that occur after the patient has been discharged from hospital.
  
  

• Mandatory surveillance of MRSA bateraemia

• Mandatory surveillance of Clostridium difficile

• Mandatory surveillance of glycopeptide resistance bacteraemia

HPA publications on HCAI

See links below for publications related to specific pathogens/topics

• Plowman R, Graves N, Griffin M et al. The rate and cost of hospital-acquired infections occurring in patients admitted to selected specialties of a district general hospital in England and the national burden imposed.
  J Hosp Infect 2001 47: 198-209

• Morris J, Duckworth ,G.J, Ridgway ,G.L. Gastrointestinal endoscopy decontamination failure and the risk of transmission of blood-borne viruses: a review. J Hosp Infect. 63; 1; 1-13.

• Glynn A, Ward V, Wilson J, Charlett A|, Cookson B, Taylor L, Cole.  Hospital-acquired infection: Surveillance, policies and practice. PHLS 1997 ISBN 0 901144 40 1.

• Glenister HM, Taylor LJ, Bartlett CLR, Cooke EM, Sedgwick J, An evaluation of surveillance methods for detecting infections in hospital patients. JHI 1993; 23: 229-42

Books

• Hoffman PN, Bradley CR, Ayliffe GAJ Disinfection in Healthcare. 3rd Edition Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2004. ISBN 1405126426

• Wilson J. Infection Control in Clinical Practice 3rd Edition. London: Bailliere Tindall, 2006. ISBN 0702027618]

Leaflets

• Patient information leaflets

Publications in specific topic areas

• Acinetobacter
• Antimicrobial resistance
• Bacteraemia
• Clostridium difficile
• Enterococci & GRE  
• Extended spectrum beta-lactamases
• Klebsiella 
• Pseudomonas
• Staphylococcus aureus  
• Surgical site infection