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<p>In April 2013, Public Health England took over the mandatory surveillance of healthcare-associated
infections (HCAIs), formerly undertaken by the Health Protection Agency.</p><p> </p><p>The
total number of trust apportioned cases of HCAIs can be found in Table 1. For the
purposes of answering this question trust apportioned cases can be considered “hospital-borne”
infections.</p><p> </p><p>Data for the years 2000 and 2005 are not available.</p><p>
</p><p>Table: Counts of trust apportioned HCAIs by financial year in 2010 and 2015:</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>April 2010 to March 2011</p></td><td><p>April
2015 to March 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Meticillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus
(MSSA)</p></td><td><p>ND</p></td><td><p>2,910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>E.coli</p></td><td><p>ND</p></td><td><p>7,692</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clostridium
difficile infection (patients aged 2 years and over)</p></td><td><p>10,417</p></td><td><p>5,164</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Meticillin
resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)</p></td><td><p>688</p></td><td><p>297</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><em>Notes</em>:</p><ol><li>ND - Not Determined</li><li>Cases are deemed to
be trust apportioned if the following criteria are met:-</li></ol><p>- The location
where the specimen was taken is given as ‘acute trust’ or is not known;</p><p>- The
patient was either an ‘In-patient’, ‘Day-patient’, in ‘Emergency assessment’ or is
not known.</p><p>- Patient’s specimen date is on, or after, the third day of the admission
(or admission date is null), where the day of admission is day 1 (for MSSA or E. coli
bacteraemia)</p><p>Or</p><p>- Patient’s specimen date is on, or after, the fourth
day of the admission (or admission date is null), where the day of admission is day
1 (for Clostridium difficile infection).</p>
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