National Healthcare-associated infections surveillance programs included in the review [6-16]
Continent | Country | Healthcare-associated infection surveillances program | Acronym | Start year |
---|---|---|---|---|
ASIA | Japan | Japanese Nosocomial Infection Surveillance System | JANIS | 2000 |
Taiwan | Taiwan Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System | TNIS | 2007 | |
North America | The US | National Healthcare Safety Network | NHSN | 2005 |
Canada | Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program | CNISP | 1994 | |
Oceania | Australia | Victoria Nosocomial Infection Surveillance System Healthcare Infection Surveillance Western Australia Tasmanian Infection Prevention and Control Unit |
VICNISS HISWA TIPCU |
2002 2005 2008 |
Europe | The EU | ECDC healthcare-associated infections surveillance network | HAI-Net | 2010 |
Central | Germany | Krankenhaus Infektions Surveillance System | KISS | 1997 |
Western | The UK | UK Health Security Agency (former the Health Protection Agency, Public Health England), Scottish Surveillance of Healthcare-Associated Infection Programme Welsh Healthcare Association Infection Programme |
UKHSA SSHAIP WHAIP |
2001 |
France | Réseau de Prévention des Infections Associées aux Soins | RePias | 2017∥ | |
The Netherlands | PREventie van ZIEkenhuisinfecties door Surveillance | PREZIES | 1996 | |
Belgium | National Surveillance of Healthcare associated infections and antimicrobial resistance | NSIH | 2003 | |
Northern | Norway | Norsk overvåkingssystem for antibiotikabruk og helsetjenesteassosierte infeksjoner | NOIS | 2005 |
*National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System (NNIS) started in 1970 and changed into the NHSN in 2005.
†Hospitals in Europe Link for Infection Control through surveillance (HELICS) started in 2000, and the coordination of the European surveillance of HAIs was transferred to the ECDC in 2008. The HAI-Net started in 2010.
‡,§In England, Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Scheme (NINSS) started in 1996, and mandatory healthcare associated infection surveillance started in 2001 with mandatory report of S. aureus bacteremia. Surgical Site Infection Surveillance (SSISS) was established in 1997 and became mandatory in 2004. These former surveillance systems have been coordinated by UKHSA since 2021.
∥Ŕeseau d'alert, d'investigation et de surveillance des infections nosocomiales (RAISIN) started in 1999, and changed into RePias in 2017.