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News Archives 2011

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 50 (16 December 2011)

• Surgical site infection surveillance in NHS hospitals in England, 2010/11
  
  
• A case of toxigenic cutaneous Corynebacterium ulcerans
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 49 (9 December 2011)

• Annual report on tuberculosis surveillance in the UK
  
  
• HPV immunisation programme: change of vaccine to Gardasil® from September 2012
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 48 (2 December 2011)

• Latest UK HIV data reinforce the need for “universal HIV testing” in high prevalence areas
  
  
• Consultation on HIV positive healthcare workers launched
  
  
• How to spoil a wedding - foodborne campylobacter outbreaks at catering premises and catered events
  
  
• Outbreak of UK acquired Shigella flexneri in men who have sex with men: an update
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 47 (25 November 2011)

• New guidelines for the management of norovirus outbreaks in acute and community health and social care settings
  
  
• Surveillance of haemolytic uraemic syndrome in children
  
  
• Measles cases in Europe: update to end-October 2011
  
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 46 (18 November 2011)

• Investigation into non-travel associated Hepatitis A cases
  
  
• HPA guidance on use of antivirals for influenza treatment and prophylaxis, 2011/12
  
  
• Fourth European antibiotic awareness day
  
  
• HPA launches Twitter account
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 45 (14 November 2011*)

• Recall of Loyd Grossman Korma sauces following botulism link
  
  
• Ninth Shooting Up report focuses on bacterial infections
  
  
• ECDC fifth annual epidemiological report on communicable disease in Europe
  
  
• NICE guidance on infection control for senior management in secondarycare
  
  
• Revised ACDP guidance for health professionals on VHF patient management
  

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* Note. This issue was produced and published on 14/11/2011 (instead of on the scheduled publication date of 11/11/2011), for technical reasons.

Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 44 (4 November 2011)

• Department of Health Cold Weather Plan for England 2011/2012
  
  
• European recall of organic olives from Italy
  
  
• Review of literature on health information-seeking on the internet
  
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 43 (28 October 2011)

• MHRA warns against purchasing HIV and other self-test kits over the internet
  
  
• Tetanus-specific immunoglobulin shortage
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 42 (21 October 2011)

• Recommendations for fish spa operators developed by multi-agency working group

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 41 (14 October 2011)

• HPA commences weekly publication of detailed influenza surveillance reports
  
  
• ECDC–EMCDDA guidance on prevention and control of infectious diseases among people who inject drugs
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 40 (7 October 2011)

• Seventh annual review of infections among UK blood/tissue donors and transfusion recipients
  
  
• Outbreak of UK acquired Shigella flexneri in men who have sex with men
  
  
• Investigation into an increase in Salmonella Typhimurium DT 193 infections in England and Wales
  
  
• Publication of MRSA bacteraemia and Clostridium difficile infection data from the independent healthcare sector
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 39 (30 September 2011)

• World Rabies Day
  
  
• Second community-based infectious intestinal disease study (IID2) in summary
  
  
• National increase in VTEC O157, PT8: conclusion of investigations
  
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 38 (23 September 2011)

• Evidence base supports commissioning of routine HIV testing of general medical admissions and other groups
  
  
• Wild type polio outbreak in China genetically linked to Pakistan
  
  
• Immunisation advice for new students
  
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 37 (16 September 2011)

• Gonococcal Resistance to Antimicrobials Surveillance Programme in England and Wales (GRASP): report of 2010 data

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 36 (9 September 2011)

• DH seasonal flu vaccine uptake reports 2010/11
  
  
• Lords select committee report on HIV and AIDS
  
  
• Interim data from the current national survey of abnormal prion prevalence in archived appendix specimens
  
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 35 (2 September 2011)

• Diagnosed HIV infection in the UK: 2010 update
  
  
• Health Protection Regulations 2010 toolkit for health professionals
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 34 (26 August 2011)

• Measles cases in Europe: update to end-July 2011
  
  
• Antenatal screening for infectious diseases in England: 2010 update
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 33 (19 August 2011)

• Seasonality of Cryptosporidium
  
  
• HSE to recommend relaxation of accident and ill-health reporting requirements
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 32 (12 August 2011)

• Comprehensive infection and communicable disease control guidance for healthcare staff working in prison settings

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 31 (5 August 2011)

• Public Health Wales report on “Heads of the Valleys” LD outbreak
  
  
• Strategies for strengthening tuberculosis control in the UK
  
  
• Increase in cases of pregnancy-associated listeriosis in England and Wales
  
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 30 (29 July 2011)

• Hepatitis C in the UK, 2011 report

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 29 (22 July 2011)

• Measles cases in Europe: update to end-June 2011
  
  
• NHS Evidence accredits procedures for development of UK Standards for Microbiology Investigations produced by HPA Microbiology Services Standards Unit
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 28 (15 July 2011)

• HPA/RCGP/RCPCH guidelines on management of bloody diarrheoa potentially caused by vero cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli in children
  
  
• Update on E. coli O104 outbreak in Germany and cluster of cases in France
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 27 (8 July 2011)

• NICE consultation on HCAI prevention and control advice for secondary care

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 26 (1 July 2011)

• EU pet travel rules to be fully harmonized from 2012

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 25 (24 June 2011)

• Confirmed measles cases in England and Wales: update to end-May 2011
  
  
• Metallo-carbapenemase-producing Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter species in the UK, 2000-2011
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 24 (17 June 2011)

• Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in the UK, 2003-2011

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 23 (10 June 2011)

• Vero cytotoxin-producing E. coli O104 infection in England
  
  
• Healthcare-associated infections: new reporting requirements for E. coli bacteraemia
  
  
• Novel type of MRSA identified in human and bovine populations
  
  
• Improved public health surveillance systems to be a legacy of London Olympics
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 22 (6 June 2011)

• 30 years on: people living with HIV in the UK about to reach 100,000

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 21 (27 May 2011)

• Outbreaks of Salmonella Typhimurium DT 12 and DT 193 associated with hog roasts in the South West Region in April 2011
  
  
• Confirmed measles cases in England and Wales: update to end-April 2011
  
  
• Seasonal influenza: annual report for 2010/11
  
  
• Seasonal influenza: arrangements for 2011/12 published
  
  
• Department of Health heatwave plan for England 2011
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 20 (20 May 2011)

• EU reference microbiology laboratory system under development

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 19 (13 May 2011)

• Campylobacter now the leading cause of general foodborne outbreaks in England and Wales

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 18 (6 May 2011)

• Travel-related infections increase in UK
  
  
• Legionellosis outbreak associated with hotel
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 17 (28 April 2011)

• Malaria imported into the United Kingdom in 2010: implications for those advising travellers
  
  
• Submission of samples to HPA Meningococcal Reference Unit for meningococcal (and pneumococcal) PCR assays
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 16 (21 April 2011)

• Handwashing and farm visits

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 15 (15 April 2011)

• Tick awareness alert
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 14 (8 April 2011)

• World Health Day focuses on antimicrobial resistance
  
  
• EFSA/ECDC report on zoonoses and foodborne outbreaks in Europe in 2009
  
  
• Chair in health policy appointment
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 13 (1 April 2011)

• Decrease in listeriosis incidence in England and Wales in 2010
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 12 (25 March 2011)

• New NICE guidance supports HPA advice and BHIVA/BASHH/BIS guidelines on expanding HIV testing
  
  
• World TB day and UK surveillance update
  
  
• Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans – a rare cause of diphtheria
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 11 (18 March 2011)

• Health protection in prisons, 2009-10 report
  
  
• New guidance on microbiological examination of healthcare environments
  
  
• Updated guidance on public health management of meningococcal disease
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 10 (11 March 2011)

• New data on radon in homes in England and Wales
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 9 (4 March 2011)

• Chief Medical Officer for England appointed
  
  
• Twenty years in air pollution
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 8 (25 February 2011)

• Confirmed measles cases in England and Wales – update to end-January 2011
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 7 (18 February 2011)

• PVL–Staphylococcus aureus infections: an update
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 6 (11 February 2011)

• National increase in vero cytotoxin-producing E. coli O157 infection in England and Wales
  
  
• Effectiveness of influenza vaccination in the UK: a mid-season assessment
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 5 (4 February 2011)

• Influenza activity declining in the UK
  
  
• HPA symposium on outbreak investigation study design
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 4 (28 January 2011)

• HPA launches Migrant Health Guide
  
  
• High vaccine coverage maintained in second year of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) immunisation programme
  
  
• Carbapenemase producers: recognition, infection control and treatment
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 3 (21 January 2011)

• Group A streptococcal infections: seasonal activity 2010/11

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 2 (14 January 2011)

• Healthcare-associated infections: changes to reporting requirements for MSSA bacteraemia
  
  
• Confirmed measles cases in England and Wales: update to end-November 2010
  
  
• Increased incidence of invasive bacterial infection potentially linked to influenza activity
  

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Health Protection Report Vol 5 No 1 (7 January 2011)

• Falciparum malaria in UK travellers returning from The Gambia
  
  

• Sixth report on surgical site infection in orthopaedic surgery in NHS hospitals in England, April 2004 to March 2010
  
  
• Seasonal influenza vaccine uptake and vaccine supply
  

• Invitation for EPIET fellowship applications
  

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