Prototyping HCAI surveillance system

A sub-group of the government Advisory Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance & Healthcare-Associated Infections (ARHAI) recommended that surveillance of infections in ICUs should be a priority and that as a starting point surveillance of catheter-associated BSIs should be re-established following work previously delivered by the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA). This recommendation has been accepted by the DH who have tasked PHE's Department of HCAI & AMR with undertaking ICU infection surveillance. This is a high profile national initiative aimed at improving the quality of infection management in ICU patients. The new initiative has been named the Infection in Critical Care Qual…

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