Welcome to the British Infection Society

British Association for the Study of the Liver invites members. BASL is a new society encompassing gastroenterologists, virologists, infectious disease physicians and epidemiologists with the aim of developing UK guidelines on the management of viral hepatitis.

March 08.

Changes to the mandatory healthcare associated infection surveillance system for Clostridium difficile infection from 1 January 2008.

DoH, 16th January 2008.

The Health Act 2006: Code of practice for the prevention and control of healthcare associated infections.

The code of practice will help NHS bodies to plan and implement how they can prevent and control healthcare associated infections. It sets out criteria by which managers of NHS organisations are to ensure that patients are cared for in a clean environment and where the risk of health care associated infections is kept as low as possible.

DoH, 11th January 2008.

Influenza season 2007/2008

This letter provides a summary of the NICE guidance on the use of antiviral drugs for the prevention or treatment of influenza.

DoH, 9th January 2008.

NICE guidance on chronic fatigue syndrome / myalgic encephalomyelitis published August 2007.