Welcome to the VICNISS Hospital Acquired Infection Surveillance System
The primary aim of VICNISS is to lower the number of
infections acquired in Victorian hospitals. Established in 2002, the program is coordinated by the VICNISS Coordinating Centre, which
collects and analyses data on hospital acquired (nosocomial) infections in acute care public hospitals in Victoria, and reports individual hospital
and aggregate data back to participants and the Department of Human Services. Surveillance activities are targeted to those
patients at highest risk of hospital acquired infections.
News
Type 1 Surveillance Manual - Version 6 - now available
The
Type 1 Surveillance Manual Version 6 is now available. It is important that all VICNISS Type 1 participants become familiar with the new manual as there have been a number of significant
changes which will come into effect 1st July 2008. Hospitals are also required to use the updated surveillance forms (in the revised manual)
commencing 1st July 2008.
TYPE 1 & 2 SURVEILLANCE REPORTS (for participating hospitals only)
These reports can be accessed using your hospital username and password.
An explanatory document regarding these reports is available on your Reports page.
If you have any further questions after reading this document, or any problems accessing
your hospital reports please contact the
Coordinating Centre.
The deadline for data to be forwarded to the VICNISS Coordinating Centre for Quarter
2, 2008 is Friday, 8th August 2008 for Type 1 hospitals
and Wednesday, 31st July 2008 for Type 2 hospitals. The
corresponding report is then due to be posted mid-September 2008.
From 1st July 2008 VICNISS quarterly and year to date (YTD) reports will reflect the financial year calendar. For example,
July/Aug/Sept 2008 will be referred to as Q1, 2008/2009. This will mean that reports will
look different to previous reports.
Type 1 Hospital Level Data Reports (for participating hospitals only)
June 2008: The Type 1 Hospital Level De-identified Data Report for Quarter 1, 2008 is now available.
This report can be accessed using your hospital username and password on the
Type
1 Reports login page and for those few Type 2 participating hospitals, from the
Type
2 Reports login page.
Type 1 Education Workshop, July 2008
New Infection Control Professionals and others that would like a refresher are invited to attend a VICNISS reports workshop. Content for the
workshop includes an introduction to understanding and interpreting VICNISS surveillance reports.
| Time: | Wednesday, 16th July 2008 at 9.0am - 12.00pm (A light lunch will be served at the conclusion of the session) |
| Venue: | The Function Room at the Castle Hotel
56 Courtney Street, North Melbourne (opposite VICNISS Coordinating Centre)
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RSVP by Monday 14th July to Judy Brett, phone 9342 2605.
VICPA/VICNISS Journal Club
In 2008 the Journal Club will be held every second month as follows:
February, April (May), June (July), August, October (no meeting due to AICA conference), December. Dates and venues from August onwards are currently
being finalised and will be available on both the VICPA and the VICNISS websites shortly.
July - The date for the next Journal Club has been postponed from June to be held during the VICPA Study Day and AGM in July.
Please go to the Journal Club page on the
VICNISS website for more information.
For further enquiries please contact Judy Brett at VICNISS.
Infection Control Literature Review, June 2008
Our most recent
literature review, for April, compiled by Dr Leon Worth, ID Physician,
discusses current research on the following selected topics:
- Postoperative Hyperglycaemia and Risk for Surgical Site Infections Following Surgery for Hepato-biliary-pancreatic Cancer
- ICD-9 Administrative Data for Surveillance of Healthcare-associated Infections