title: Progress with establishing and implementing standards for infection control in the UK.
abstract: The process of agreeing standards for infection control in England and Wales is described. To ensure ownership of these standards an extensive consultation exercise was undertaken. Further development has been left to Infection Control Teams (ICTs) and the relevant health care workers. Management and Consultants in Communicable Disease Control were also sent the standards to further encourage support for their implementation. The results of a questionnaire of ICT resources and activities is alluded to and these data will be a valuable point of reference to monitor changes in the status quo of a rapidly changing health service.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Hospital Infection, Central Public Health Laboratory, PHLS, London, UK.
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Cookson
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D003253:Consultants; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000592:standards*; D016357:Infection Control Practitioners; D006113:United Kingdom