Results from the second Scottish national prevalence survey: the changing epidemiology of healthcare-associated infection in Scotland

Jacqui Reilly; Shona Cairns; S. Fleming; D. Hewitt; R. Lawder; C. Robertson; W. Malcolm; Dilip  Nathwani; C. Williams

doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2012.07.024

Results from the second Scottish national prevalence survey: the changing epidemiology of healthcare-associated infection in Scotland

Jacqui Reilly, Shona Cairns, S. Fleming, D. Hewitt, R. Lawder, C. Robertson, W. Malcolm, Dilip Nathwani, C. Williams

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Abstract

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are a recognized public health problem worldwide. Point prevalence surveys (PPSs) can be used to measure the burden of all HAI types. A national rolling PPS in National Health Service (NHS) acute, NHS non-acute, NHS paediatric and independent hospitals was carried out during September and October 2011 using the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control protocol designed for the European PPS. The prevalence of HAI and distribution of HAI types were measured and the results compared with the first Scottish national HAI point prevalence survey of 2005/2006.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	170-174
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Hospital Infection
Volume	82
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2012.07.024
Publication status	Published - Nov 2012

Keywords

epidemiology
healthcare-associated infections
HAIs
National Health Service

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