Protocol for infection surveillance - Hampshire Hospitals NHS ...

Surveillance of Infection Protocol
CONTENTS
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1.0 Introduction 3
2.0 Surgical Site Infection Surveillance 3
2.1 Background 3
2.2 Aims 3
2.3 SSIS targets 3
3.0 SSIS Coordinator Responsibilities 4
3.1 Data collection 4
3.2 Submission of data 4
3.3 Reconciliation of submitted data 4
3.4 Data sharing 5
4.0 Staphylococcus aureus Surveillance and Reporting 5
4.1 Background 5
4.2 Coordinator Responsibilities 5
4.3 Data collection 5
4.4 Submission of data 6
4.5 Reconciliation of submitted data 6
4.6 Recording data locally 6
5.0 Clostridium difficile Reporting 6
5.1 Coordinator Responsibilities 6
5.2 Data collection 6
5.3 Submission of data 6
5.4 Reconciliation of submitted data 7
5.5 Recording data locally 7
6.0 All Significant Bacteraemia 7
6.1 Coordinator responsibilities 7
6.2 Recording data locally 7
7.0 Norovirus outbreaks 8
8.0 Enhanced Influenza A H1N1 Surveillance 8
9.0 Enhanced Invasive Group A Streptococcus Surveillance 8
9.1 Data sharing 8
10.0 Alert Organisms 8
10.1 Coordinator responsibilities 9
10.2 Data sharing 9
11.0 Miscellaneous 9
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