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Healthcare Associated Infections

Healthcare associated infections are infections that are acquired in hospitals or as a result of healthcare interventions. There are a number of factors that can increase the risk of acquiring an infection, but high standards of infection control practice minimise the risk of occurrence.

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What's new

3 December 2009: Quarterly Epidemiological Commentaries on MRSA bacteraemia and C. difficile infection
1 December 2009: Fifth Report of the Mandatory Surveillance of SSI in Orthopaedic Surgery
1 December 2009: NHS Trust Tables 2004 - 2009 (PDF, 164 KB)
7 September 2009: Surveillance of Healthcare Associated Infection Report: 2009

For latest publications on mandatory surveillance of MRSA bacteraemia and Clostridium difficile infection please see the relevant mandatory surveillance pages.

Related Information

›› Rapid Review Panel
›› Healthcare Associated Infections references
›› Antibiotic Resistance Monitoring & Reference Laboratory (ARMRL)
›› Laboratory of HealthCare Associated Infection (LHCAI)
›› Antimicrobial Resistance
›› Bacteraemia
›› Clostridium difficile
›› Enterococcus species and GRE
›› Norovirus
›› Bloodborne Viruses (BBVs) and Occupational Exposure
›› Staphylococcus aureus
›› Surgical Site Infection Surveillance Service (SSISS)