Press release: Department of Health to launch Saving lives: a delivery programme to reduce Healthcare Associated Infection
16 Jun 2005
Tackling hospital acquired infections will take a step forward today when Sir Nigel Crisp, Chief Executive of the NHS and Chris Beasley, Chief Nursing Officer launch Saving Livings: a delivery programme to reduce Healthcare Associated Infection.
The launch will be at the Department of Health stand at the NHS Confederation Annual Conference at 3.30pm.
Saving Lives is a toolkit to help acute trusts implement 5 high impact interventions. They are:
- reducing the risk of microbial contamination in everyday practice
- reducing the incidence of catheter related bloodstream infections
- reducing the incidence of surgical site infection
- reducing the incidence of ventilator associated pneumonia
- reducing the incidence of urinary tract infection related to indwelling urethral catheters.
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Notes for editors
1. The NHS Confederation represents more than 90% of the organisations that make up the NHS throughout the UK. Its members include the majority of NHS trusts, foundation trusts, primary care trusts and health authorities in England; trusts and local health boards in Wales; NHS boards and special boards in Scotland; and health and social service trusts and boards in Northern Ireland.
Contact details
Contact Head of Public Affairs Sarah Jones on 020 7074 3300/07768 546 753
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