| DOH launches guidance on preparing mental health services in England for a Pandemic |
04 July 2008 |
| Sexually transmitted infections among over 45s on the increase |
02 July 2008 |
| Tackling hospital infections |
02 July 2008 |
| Minister Wallace launches the HIV and AIDS Education and Prevention Plan 2008 – 2012 |
22 June 2008 |
| Avian influenza – situation in Indonesia |
22 June 2008 |
| Poliomyelitis in Nigeria and West/Central Africa |
22 June 2008 |
| Healthcare Commission announces plans for the 2008/09 assessment of NHS trusts |
22 June 2008 |
| Healthcare Commission issues hygiene code improvement notice to Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust |
22 June 2008 |
| Healthcare watchdog to cross-check NHS performance as trusts make declarations on standards |
22 June 2008 |
| Advice for those affected by MRSA outside hospital - A patient information leaflet |
15 June 2008 |
| Matron numbers doubled to 5,000 |
10 June 2008 |
| Dirty Bertie |
10 June 2008 |
| Update on Avian Influenza in Oxfordshire: H7 strain confirmed as highly pathogenic |
04 June 2008 |
| EU-wide survey on Salmonella levels in turkeys |
04 June 2008 |
| France declares loss of rabies free status |
04 June 2008 |
| Blood-stream infection information for Welsh Trusts released |
04 June 2008 |
| Scotland launches MRSA screening programme |
03 June 2008 |
| Disease outbreak prevention crucial in China earthquake aftermath |
19 May 2008 |
| Scotland Funds measures to tackle Hepatitis C |
19 May 2008 |
| Local Decontamination Unit Symposium For Primary Care In Scotland |
17 May 2008 |
| Scotland launches updated pandemic infection control advice |
14 May 2008 |
| Scotland launches pandemic Influenza Guidance on preparing mental health services |
14 May 2008 |
| Outbreak of severe hand, foot and mouth disease in Asia |
12 May 2008 |
| Death of a child infected with diphtheria in London |
12 May 2008 |
| Daubenton's bat tests positive for European bat Lyssavirus type 2 |
12 May 2008 |
| Experts review influenza pandemic preparedness guidance |
12 May 2008 |
| Research provides increased understanding of anti-tuberculosis drug resistance in the UK |
12 May 2008 |
| Clostridium difficile becomes a notifiable disease in Ireland |
09 May 2008 |
| Healthcare watchdog launches biggest ever inspection programme in acute NHS trusts to check infection control |
01 May 2008 |
| Influenza B circulation leads to use of antiviral drugs |
01 May 2008 |
| Malaria remains significant issue for UK travellers |
01 May 2008 |
| Latest figures show MRSA bloodstream infections plateau |
01 May 2008 |
| Book your free place at EPIC 2 & Saving Lives study day |
26 April 2008 |
| Latest figures show MRSA bloodstream infections plateau |
26 April 2008 |
| NHS staff survey shows significant improvement in hospital infection control |
11 April 2008 |
| MRSA screening pilots |
07 April 2008 |
| Mutation of common cold Canada |
07 April 2008 |
| Surveillance for Community-Associated Clostridium difficile |
07 April 2008 |
| TB transmission via organ transplantation |
07 April 2008 |
| Quarterly Report on MRSA Bacteraemias in Scotland, January 2003-December 2007 |
01 April 2008 |
| Dengue in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil |
01 April 2008 |
| Somalia is again polio-free |
01 April 2008 |
| New programme to protect the public from Salmonella |
01 April 2008 |
| Chlamydia Common in Young Pregnant Women |
30 March 2008 |
| HIV epidemic among gay men continues |
30 March 2008 |
| Deep clean success on the horizon for NHS |
30 March 2008 |
| Book Your Free Place at the Oxoid Infection Control Seminar |
27 March 2008 |
| Dramatic Rise In Hepatitis C-Related Deaths In The United States With Greatest Risk To Middle-Aged Patients |
26 March 2008 |
| Poor sanitation threatens public health |
24 March 2008 |
| Importance of MMR vaccination highlighted by recent outbreaks in Europe |
24 March 2008 |
| Increasing Risk Of Community-Acquired Staph Pneumonia, Including MRSA |
24 March 2008 |
| NICE Guidance on Antibiotic prophylaxis against infective endocarditis |
24 March 2008 |
| ‘Fewer TB cases recorded but numbers still too high' warn experts |
24 March 2008 |
| Typhoid no longer an enemy of the past as study highlights risk for travellers to indian sub-continent |
24 March 2008 |
| British Journal of Infection Control to become Journal of Infection Prevention from 2009 |
19 March 2008 |
| Scotland launches Plan to Tackle Antibiotic Resistance |
17 March 2008 |
| Universal Screening for MRSA in Hospitals Made Little Difference |
14 March 2008 |
| Scotland publishes HAI Task Force Delivery Plan |
14 March 2008 |
| Confirmed rabies case in dog in France |
14 March 2008 |
| Scotland launches infection control guidance |
03 March 2008 |
| New survey finds highest rates of drug-resistant TB to date |
01 March 2008 |
| Cleanliness summit to tackle unresponsive cleaning services |
01 March 2008 |
| Voices of the Infection Prevention Society |
22 February 2008 |
| New study of MMR vaccine finds no link to autism |
07 February 2008 |
| Get well soon - without Antibiotics |
07 February 2008 |
| Oseltamivir resistance in European Influenza viruses |
01 February 2008 |
| Latest figures show continuing decline in MRSA bloodstream infections |
01 February 2008 |
| Seasonal flu levels trigger use of antiviral drugs |
15 January 2008 |
| Quarterly Report on Meticillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Bacteraemias in Scotland Published |
15 January 2008 |
| The Health Act 2006 - revised version now available |
12 January 2008 |
| Extra specialist staff for tackling hospital infections |
09 January 2008 |
| Scotlands first year progress report on Hep C action plan is published |
08 January 2008 |
| Health Protection Scotland publish first Compliance with Hand Hygiene – Audit Report |
08 January 2008 |
| NPHS statement on norovirus infection |
08 January 2008 |
| New pneumococcal vaccine 'does save lives' - as more parents urged to vaccinate their children |
08 January 2008 |
| First annual report on Clostridium difficile published in Scotland |
20 December 2007 |
| Department of Health publishes MRSA report |
19 December 2007 |
| Latest Childhood Immunisation Uptake Rates |
19 December 2007 |
| On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me… Chlamydia, Gonorrhoea and Genital Warts |
19 December 2007 |
| Raised public awareness of hepatitis C leads to 10% increase in diagnoses |
19 December 2007 |
| Publication of Irish Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Assessment Report |
28 November 2007 |
| Scotland launches action plan to tackle hospital infections |
26 November 2007 |
| Government launches new Flu Pandemic plan |
22 November 2007 |
| A Scottish framework for responding to an influenza pandemic released |
22 November 2007 |
| NHS moves forward with deep clean |
21 November 2007 |
| HSE publishes investigation report into outbreaks of Clostridium Difficile at Stoke Mandeville Hospital |
18 November 2007 |
| Confirmed H5 avian influenza in Suffolk poultry farm |
13 November 2007 |
| Make infection prevention and control ‘everybody’s business’ |
13 November 2007 |
| Tuberculosis in the UK – Health Protection Agency publishes annual report |
13 November 2007 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections showing steady decrease |
01 November 2007 |
| Health Protection Agency and Office for National Statistics publish study of deaths following MRSA infection |
01 November 2007 |
| Johnson details new hospital for Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells |
01 November 2007 |
| Statement from the Secretary of State on the Health Protection Agency figures |
01 November 2007 |
| HPV vaccine recommended for NHS immunisation programme |
01 November 2007 |
| Tough new regulator for health and social care |
25 October 2007 |
| Healthcare watchdog pledges tough action on behalf of patients on failures in infection control |
25 October 2007 |
| Secretary of State responds to Healthcare Commission's annual health check |
21 October 2007 |
| Cleanyourhands Year Three Launched |
18 October 2007 |
| October 15th to 19th is International Infection Control Week |
13 October 2007 |
| Seasonal Flu campaign - young people at risk urged to get the jab |
13 October 2007 |
| Screening measures for new healthcare workers strengthened |
13 October 2007 |
| Avian influenza lessons learned report published |
13 October 2007 |
| Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease statistics released |
13 October 2007 |
| Healthcare watchdog launches biggest ever programme of visits |
13 October 2007 |
| War on infection takes on a new challenger – The Infection Prevention Society |
29 September 2007 |
| Johnson crack down on cleanliness and infections |
28 September 2007 |
| Keynote Lecture by Dr. Elaine Larson Available by Teleclass - FREE to ICNA Members |
15 September 2007 |
| ICNA Annual General Meeting 2007 |
04 September 2007 |
| Infection Control Week 14th-20th October 2007 |
08 August 2007 |
| The Healthcare Commission has published a national study into HCAI |
01 August 2007 |
| Latest CMO report from the DH |
19 July 2007 |
| NHS Scotland National HAI Prevalence Survey Report released |
11 July 2007 |
| NPHS for Wales releases Infection control guidelines for care homes |
05 July 2007 |
| DOH releases new saving lives tool kit |
02 July 2007 |
| Guideline for Isolation Precautions released |
28 June 2007 |
| Bacteremia information for Welsh Trusts released |
17 June 2007 |
| Oxoid Infection Control Team of the Year Awards 2006/2007 Winners Announced |
03 May 2007 |
| More action to tackle C.Difficile as MRSA numbers continue to fall |
26 April 2007 |
| Results of third national prevalence survey of healthcare |
08 March 2007 |
| 1st Annual Spring Research Workshop |
11 February 2007 |
| Conference 2007, 24th-26th September |
21 January 2007 |
| Welcome back to the ICNA Conference Revue! |
21 January 2007 |
| Vacancies on the Advisory Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infections |
20 December 2006 |
| Scotland Launches Hand Hygiene Campaign |
22 October 2006 |
| Advisory Group on Hepatitis Seeks ICN Member - Deadline extended |
16 August 2006 |
