Links

SARI update articles are available here:

• EPI-Insight, March 2002
• EPI-Insight, December 2002
• Eurosurveillance Weekly, January 2004

 Other relevant documents/sections on the HPSC website include:

• Healthcare - associated infection and Infection Control
• Antimicrobial Resistance 
• Antimicrobial consumption surveillance 
• Hand Washing / Hand Hygiene
• Care Bundles
• HPSC Annual Reports

 The following websites have useful information on antimicrobial resistance for patients, health professionals and the general public:

• US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• UK Health Protection Agency (HPA)
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• The Northern Ireland Antimicrobial Resistance Action Plan (AMRAP)
• The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has useful links to background material and articles on antimicrobial resistance
• The UK Department of Health has links to strategy documents and general information on antimicrobial resistance
• The 1999 North/South Study of MRSA in Ireland