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	Surveillance and Statistics CHICA–Canada offers these links for additional resources for infection control professionals. Links presented here do not imply endorsement by CHICA–Canada. Tools and websites to help you carry out surveillance and analyse the results. Against All Odds - Inside statistics (instructional videos etc.) Best Practices for Infection Prevention and Control Programs in Ontario Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP) Case Definitions for Diseases under National Surveillance Centre for Healthcare Related Infection Surveillance and Prevention (CHRISP) Communicable Disease Surveillance Protocols from Ontario Hospital Association Concepts and Applications of Inferential Statistics (Vassar College) Definitions of Infection for Surveillance in Long Term Care Facilities - McGeer A, Campbell B, Emori TG et al. AJIC 1996;19(1):1-7. Epi Info (epidemiology shareware from the CDC) Eurosurveillance Weekly Hospitals in Europe Link for Infection Control through Surveillance (HELICS) National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System (NNIS) – U.S. hospital surveillance system for reporting nosocomial infections. National infection rates are published here to use as benchmarks. Recommended Practices for Surveillance - Lee TB, Montgomery OG, Marx J et al. AJIC 2007;35:427-40. Safer Healthcare Now! Interventions: AROs: Case Definition and Minimum Data Set for Surveillance of MRSA in Acute Care Hospitals across Canada Case Definition and Minimum Data Set for Surveillance of Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) in Acute Care Hospitals across Canada Central Line-Associated Infection (CLI) Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) A Short Introduction to Epidemiology (Massey University) Surveillance of Health Care-Associated Infections in Patient and Resident Populations - PIDAC VICNISS - Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System from Victoria, Australia has tailored the NNIS system to incorporate specific targeted modules into their hospital surveillance. Web Pages That Perform Statistical Calculations A wonderful resource for the mathematically challenged...!