Healthcare –associated infection outside the hospital walls: Benefits of including ambulatory and primary healthcare services in case reviews

Introduction: Within the hospital setting considerable work is dedicated to the review of serious healthcare-associated infections (HAI) e.g. bacteraemias, to identify factors that have contributed to the infection and enable a risk management approach to identify opportunities to improve practice. However, historically cases associated with community-based services have not been included in these investigations. This presentation outlines the...