Welcome to the British Infection Society

Proposed merger of the British Infection Society and the Association of Medical Microbiologists

Voting will shortly take place on the above merger. Please refer to the Draft Constitution for further information.

14 Nov 08

UK National Guidelines for HIV Testing 2008 launched at the Royal College of Physicians, London 17th September 2008.

HIV is one of the most important communicable diseases in the UK, and timely diagnosis is part of good clinical practice. These guidelines are intended to facilitate early diagnosis and reduce the levels of undiagnosed HIV.....click here for address from Mary Armitage.

18 Sept 08

Revised guidance on HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) from the UK Chief Medical Officers' Expert Advisory Group on AIDS

The Department of Health has published (19th September) revised guidance on HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) from the UK Chief Medical Officers' Expert Advisory Group on AIDS (EAGA). The document supersedes both existing EAGA guidance on occupational HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) issued in February 2004, and the interim update following the withdrawal of Viracept (nelfinavir, one of the drugs used for PEP), issued in July 2007.

23 Sept 08

Second Edition of Immunoglobulin Guidelines and Demand Management Plan

Launched - 30th May 2008. Responses to stakeholders' comments, including those made by BIS, AMM and BSAC have been published on the IVIg website.

2009 Graham Bull prize in Clinical Science now open.

Awarded by the Royal College of Physicians, applications are invited from clinicians and basic scientists from a wide area of expertise such as molecular and cellular biology, psychiatry or health sciences.

Closing date: 31st March 2009.

See http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/education/training/Pages/Research-Fellowships.aspx#prizes for further details.

06 Nov 08