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...