title: The Challenge of Hospital Acquired Infection Taylor Karen Plowman Rosalind Roberts Jennifer A The Challenge of Hospital Acquired Infection 138pp The Stationery Office 9780117028586 0117028584.
abstract: In 1998 the National Audit Office conducted a survey of acute NHS trusts to determine how well hospital-acquired infection (HAI) was being managed. This revealed that 100,000 cases of HAI result each year with 5,000 deaths and a cost of £1 billion. Implementation of existing guidance to control HAI was generally poor, with emphasis on treatment at the expense of prevention. The authors concluded HAI could be reduced by 15 per cent just through better application of existing knowledge and improved practice. This book aims to help clinical staff reduce HAI by drawing on the key findings of the NAO survey.