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HCAI Reporting within Independent Sector healthcare organisations

Mandatory reporting of meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteraemia and Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has been in place for National Health Service (NHS) acute Trusts for several years. Independent Sector (IS) hospitals began reporting MRSA bacteraemia and CDI, from January 2008. In January 2011 this scheme was extended to include surveillance of MSSA bacteraemia and E. coli bacteraemia in June 2011.

Whilst reporting guidelines and case definitions for IS organisations and NHS acute Trusts are identical there have been numerous issues specific to IS surveillance which are further discussed in the commentaries below.

Such issues also mean that to date it is not possible to draw comparisons between IS and NHS data on MRSA bacteraemia and CDI.

The HPA has produced the fourth publication of tables of counts of MRSA bacteraemia and CDI within those IS organisations who reported between April 2011 and September 2011. Please note that following the introduction of mandatory MSSA bactareraemia reporting in January 2011, this is the first publication to also include a table of counts of MSSA bactareamia.

Archive data for April 2010- March 2011 is available below.

IS Reporting Summary - April 2012

Commentary: Commentary accompanying the Independent Sector MRSA, MSSA bacteraemia and CDI publication - April 2012 (PDF, 377 KB) 
Tables: Six monthly Counts of MRSA, MSSA bacteraemia and CDI in IS organisations; April 2011 to September 2011 (Excel Spreadsheet, 86 KB) 

  • Table 1: Six monthly counts of MRSA bacteraemia by Independent Sector Healthcare Organisation; April 2011 to September 2011
  • Table 2: Six monthly counts of Clostridium difficile infection by Independent Sector Healthcare Organisations; April 2011 to September 2011
  • Table 3: Six monthly counts of MSSA bacteraemia by Independent Sector Healthcare Organisation; April 2011 to September 2011

Descriptive commentary - July 2009

 Commentary on Reporting of C. difficile infections and MRSA bacteraemia from the Independent Sector (PDF, 438 KB)

Archive Reporting Summaries - October 2011

Archive Commentary: Commentary accompanying the Independent Sector MRSA bacteraemia and CDI data publication (October 2011) (PDF, 378 KB) 
ArchiveTables: Annual counts and rates of MRSA bacteraemia and CDI in IS organisations; April 2010 to March 2011 (Excel Spreadsheet, 72 KB) 

  • Archive table 1: Annual counts and rates of MRSA bacteraemia by Independent Sector Healthcare Organisation; April 2010 to March 2011
  • Archive table 2: Annual counts & rates of Clostridium difficile infection by Independent Sector Healthcare Organisations; April 2010 to March 2011

These tables are provided for historical reference and will not be updated. Please note that the numbers may have changed but the overall trend will remain the same.

Previous publications are available on request.


Last reviewed: 30 March 2012