Health Protection Scotland - E Weekly ReportCopyright (C) Health Protection ScotlandHealth Protection Scotlandhttp://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=23769ObSurv is the surveillance system established in 1996 by SCIEH for general outbreaks of infectious intestinal disease (IID). For the purpose of ObSurv an outbreak is defined as an incident in which tw10 Aug 2004 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=23167Introduction Noroviruses (NV) are a diverse group of non-enveloped RNA viruses belonging to a genus within the family Caliciviridae. Previous names for NV infection have included: winter vomiting, Sm18 May 2004 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=22827Introduction Travel related illnesses affect a large proportion of travellers from Scotland to developing countries1. These events often necessitate diagnosis and treatment by a clinician either abro06 Apr 2004 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=18310A major programme of work to improve the prevention and control of healthcare associated infection (HAI) was laid out in the Scottish Executive Health Department?s Ministerial Action Plan on HAI, publ17 Jun 2003 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=15770Further to Dr Baird's interesting report of the occurrence of ESLB-producers in two Scottish hospitals, it is important to highlight to microbiologists, hospital epidemiologists and clinicians the inc09 Jul 2002 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=15585This guidance, recently added as an advice sheet to TRAVAX (www.travax.scot.nhs.uk), is not ?official? in any sense. If used as a basis for advising students, the advice should be confirmed by the med18 Jun 2002 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=15303?Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases mediate resistance to cephalosporin antibiotics and were first discovered in Europe in the early 1980s. They have become a widespread problem, particularly in Klebsi21 May 2002 12:00:00 GMT