In April 2013, Public Health England took over the mandatory surveillance of healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs), formerly undertaken by the Health Protection Agency.<\/p>
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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 \u201chospital-borne\u201d infections.<\/p>
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Data for the years 2000 and 2005 are not available.<\/p>
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Table: Counts of trust apportioned HCAIs by financial year in 2010 and 2015:<\/p>
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<\/p><\/td> | April 2010 to March 2011<\/p><\/td> | April 2015 to March 2016<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Meticillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA)<\/p><\/td> | ND<\/p><\/td> | 2,910<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
E.coli<\/p><\/td> | ND<\/p><\/td> | 7,692<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Clostridium difficile infection (patients aged 2 years and over)<\/p><\/td> | 10,417<\/p><\/td> | 5,164<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)<\/p><\/td> | 688<\/p><\/td> | 297<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Notes<\/em>:<\/p> - The location where the specimen was taken is given as \u2018acute trust\u2019 or is not known;<\/p> - The patient was either an \u2018In-patient\u2019, \u2018Day-patient\u2019, in \u2018Emergency assessment\u2019 or is not known.<\/p> - Patient\u2019s 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> Or<\/p> - Patient\u2019s 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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