Reference documents
Please find below the Northern Ireland version of the 2017 European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC) manual for the point prevalence survey (PPS) of hospital acquired infection and antimicrobial use. Associated with this please find copies of the data collection instruments and training presentations.
PHA also shares background material on surgical site infection surveillance below.
This information here is kept up-to-date, so these documents may be downloaded, in hard copy, for use by colleagues. Users should check back periodically to ensure that they are using the most recent resources. Please reply to hcaini@hscni.net if you have any comments or queries.
About reference documents | Link to reference document |
PPS Protocol and Codebook for use in Northern Ireland (April 2017) |
NI Protocol_PPS_2017.zip |
PHA PPS Training Presentations (April 2017) | PHA_PPS_2017_Training_presentations.zip |
Generic SSI manual on definitions of SSI, type, classification and associated risk factor data items |
Generic_SSI MANUAL_v2014_1.pdf |
This document contains relevant OPCS codes and microorganism for SSI surveillance |
SSI (N Ireland) codes _v2014_1.pdf |
How to enter webforms, add records, modify data, save and submit records | Using Webform_24oct14.pdf |