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Arlene Beausire 27.01.2026

How Do Teams Get Notified of Patients With Previous Infections?

Hi everyone,

I’m looking to understand how different teams are currently being notified when a patient with a history of infection (e.g., MRSA, C. diff, ESBL, etc.) is admitted.

Could you please let me know:

1. How does your team get alerted when a patient with a previous infection history is admitted?
– Do you receive automated electronic notifications?
– Do staff check systems manually?
– Is it communicated verbally?

2. Does your team routinely follow these patients up ?

3. Are there any gaps or challenges with the current notification process?

Thanks in advance for your input.

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Rachel Smith 02.02.2026

We have a patient alert system where if we have received the result or we are informed of a result from a neighbouring trust then we add an alert onto the patient system, this is only for C.diff, MRSA, CPE, VRE or another MDRO. The infection control team receive an electronic alert twice per day informing us that a patient with one of these alert codes has been admitted to the hospital.

Donna Kiss 28.04.2026

We use ICNet which has a preadmission alert facility. This is updated frequently and enables us to contact the ward that the admission is planned for. The alerts are typically C Diff, MRSA and MDROs. The patients are the added to our surveillance as an open case. The challenge we have as a community trust which admits via three acute trusts is agreeing how long the alerts stay on the system. Two of the admitting trusts have different time frames which leads to some historic alerts being lost. I’d welcome any guidance for trusts for the length of time alerts are kept on your system.