Infection Prevention and Control Annual Report - Northumbria NHS ...

5. Annual Programme 2010-11
There were 18 objectives in the infection control annual programme for 2010-2011.
These formed the focus for the work of the infection prevention and control team and
cover objectives such as the delivery of the MRSA and C.difficile improvement
programmes, compliance with the Health and Social Care Act 2008, education,
training and audit, ensuring compliance with national guidance and co-operation with
outside agencies.
Progress towards completion of these objectives was regularly monitored by the
infection control team and the infection control committee throughout the year.
Satisfactory progress was made towards completion of all the objectives. Many of the
objectives are ongoing activities, such as audit and training, and these will continue to
be delivered in future years. The programme and progress made is detailed in
appendix 3.
6. Annual Programme 2011-12
The infection prevention and control annual programme for the acute services for
2011-12 was approved by the Infection Control Committee in March 2011. A copy of
the objectives is included as appendix 4.
7. Service Improvement – MRSA improvement
programme
Since the Secretary of State for Health issued new targets for MRSA bloodstream
infections in acute NHS Trusts in England in November 2004, huge improvements
have been made in reducing MRSA bacteraemias in England.
Figure 1 shows the data for Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust for the last
6 years. For the period April 2005 to March 2010, the target was based on all cases of
MRSA bacteraemia, community and hospital acquired, identified by Northumbria
Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. For 2010-11, the target only included hospital
acquired cases, defined as those taken 48 hours or more after admission. The final
total for 2010-11 was 4 hospital acquired cases, against a target of 7 cases.
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