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SECTION 1 Information about the HAI Task Force
Background
The HAI Task Force first met in January 2003, in response to the Ministerial HAI Action Plan, "Preventing Infections Acquired While Receiving Healthcare". The Action Plan required the then Scottish Executive Health Department to establish a multi-disciplinary HAI Task Force led by the Chief Medical Officer ( CMO) Dr Mac Armstrong. Responsibility for chairing the HAI Task Force moved to the Chief Nursing Officer ( CNO), Paul Martin, from April 2005.
Membership
Membership of the HAI Task Force includes members from NHS and professional backgrounds as well as members of the public. A full list of members can be found in Annex 1 of this report.
Remit
The HAI Task Force meet three times each year to oversee and co-ordinate the development and implementation of the national strategy on HAI. Its remit includes:
- increasing public confidence through demonstrating improvements in prevention and control of HAI and cleaning, and ensuring public involvement in the development and implementation of the national HAI strategy;
- the development of policy and best practice for the prevention and control of HAI;
- acting as a focal point for the exchange of information, experience and best practice between organisations;
- the development of robust monitoring and audit procedures to measure compliance with HAI Task Force and related SEHD requirements;
- the development of robust surveillance data on HAI and actions to address issues identified from surveillance; and
- the provision of an annual progress report to the Scottish Government on the HAI national strategy.
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