• Advanced search

Links

UK surveillance of healthcare associated infections

• Health Protection Agency (HPA)-surveillance data for England and general information
• Health Protection Scotland (HPS)-surveillance data for Scotland and general information
• Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre Northern Ireland (CDSCNI)-surveillance data for Northern Ireland

UK websites with information about healthcare associated infections

• Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Wales
• Department of Health 
• Hospital Infection Society (HIS)
• National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA)
• Health Information Resources (fomerly National Library for Health)
• NHS Choices 
• NHS Direct Online
• Evidence Based Practice in Infection Control (EPIC)
• Infection Prevention Society (IPS) 
• National Resource for Infection Control
• National Audit Office (NAO) 
• National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
• British Medical Association (BMA) 
• Healthcare Information Education

UK websites with information on related topics

• Welsh Risk Pool-guidance and standards for infection control in Welsh NHS Trusts
• Health Care Standards Unit (HCSU)-guidance and standards for infection control in England
• UK Clinical Virology Network-information about viruses, the diseases they cause and UK virology services
• Association of Medical Microbiologists-information on organisms including those associated with HAIs
• British Infection Association-result of merger between the British Infection Society and the Association of Medical Microbiologists
• Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
• The Institute of Decontamination Sciences-safe decontamination and sterilisation of surgical and healthcare equipment 

• MITReG (Microbiology and Infection Translational Research Group)-consortium of active researchers in the fields of Microbiology and Infection from institutions across Wales and the southwest of England

European surveillance of healthcare associated infections

• HELICS-Hospital in Europe Link for Infection Control through Surveillance
• IPSE-Improving Patient Safety in Europe
• German Nosocomial Infection Surveillance System (KISS)
• World Health Organisation European Regional Office 

International surveillance and information on healthcare associated infections

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-United States surveillance and useful information
• Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
• Public Health Agency of Canada-nosocomial and occupational infections section
• Hospital Acquired Infection Surveillance Co-ordinating Center-covering Victoria, Australia
• Public health Surveillance New Zealand-includes data for MRSA
• World Health Organisation (WHO)-Global Patient Safety Challenge