Health Protection Scotland - E Weekly ReportCopyright (C) Health Protection ScotlandHealth Protection Scotlandhttp://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=51464The third Annual surveillance of healthcare associated infection report January ? December 2011, released today, shows further improvement in rates of Clostridium difficile, MRSA and surgical site inf16 May 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=51465Further to Current note 45/4704 (at http://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=49810), the current issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases includes a report from the Institut de Veille Sanitaire16 May 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=51466The Food Standards Agency in Scotland (FSAS) has placed restrictions on the gathering of seafood and bait from an area of Dalgety Bay in Fife (see map at http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/dalbaym16 May 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=51467Guidance to directors of public health, to heads of environmental health in local authorities, and to others in Scotland, on the possible risks to public health posed by cyanobacteria (blue-green alga16 May 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=51468The Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2012 will require all businesses to separate paper and card, plastic, metal and glass for recycling by January 2014. Businesses that produce more than 5kg of food wast16 May 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=51469The Food Standards Agency has published a toolkit and newsletter for stakeholders to support their participation in the Agency's Play it Safe campaign. This campaign is helping to ensure that food bou16 May 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=51470Introduction The Scottish Environmental Incident Surveillance System (SEISS) is a multi-agency web-based system designed to allow recording of environmental incidents occurring in Scotland. The main 16 May 2012 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.hps.scot.nhs.uk/ewr/redirect.aspx?id=51471Notifiable diseases Part 2 (Notifiable Diseases, Organisms and Health Risk States) of the Public Health etc.(Scotland) Act came into effect on 1 January 2010 and sets out new duties for registered m16 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT