The Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program

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Healthcare Acquired Infections Currently Under Surveillance

• Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)
  • Protocol
  • Surveillance Results
• Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE)
• Clostridium difficile Associated Disease (CDAD)
• Severe Respiratory Illness (SRI)
• Cardiac Surgical Site Infection (SSI)
• Cerebral-Spinal Fluid (CSF) Shunt Infection
• Central Venous Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CVC-BSI)
• Pediatric Febrile Respiratory Illness
• Surveillance Protocol for Severe Respiratory Illness - Surveillance for Influenza in Hospitalized Adults 2009- 2010

Healthcare Acquired Infections Previously Under Surveillance

• Bloodstream Infections in Hemodialysis Patients
• Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase (ESBL)

Other Surveillance Projects

• Point Prevalence Study
• Re-Use of Single Use Medical Devices