HPR 11(15): bacteraemia reports and news digest

Welcome the latest edition of the Health Protection Report. Infection reports Laboratory surveillance of Enterococcus spp. bacteraemia in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: 2016 Laboratory surveillance of Acinetobacter spp. bacteraemia in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: 2016 News digest The HPR news section will not be published routinely on the PHE webpages until after the UK general election on 8 June. In the meantime, a digest of recently-published health protection-related information will be included in this weekly email: see below. NaTHNaC news alerts (19 April) Updates on ongoing outbreaks of measles and hepatitis A in Europe have been posted on the Latest News pages of the NaTHNaC website. Also reported are further extensions of the areas of Brazil where WHO recommends yellow fever vaccination for incoming travellers (updating the the situation described in HPR 11(3) in February) Updated Green Book chapter 35 (yellow fever) (24 March) The Department of Health's on-line handbook of immunisation practice and procedures, Immunisation against infectious disease ("the green book"), was recently updated, including a revised chapter on yellow fever. UKAP paper on emergency HCWs and exposure-prone procedures (20 April) The UK Advisory Panel on Blood Borne Viruses in Healthcare Workers (UKAP) has published a paper describing a conceptual framework to facilitate risk assessment and risk management of the theoretical hazard of iatrogenic transmission of BBVs by emergency HCWs in non-hospital settings. Radon detector performance annual report (20 April) The results of the latest annual inter-laboratory comparison of radon detector performance have been published by PHE, covering data gathered from 28 participating laboratories in 13 countries. PHE corporate news PHE Business Plan 2017/18 and its strategic remit and priorities (12 April) Public Health England's recently-published Business Plan for financial year 2017/18 sets out the agency's planned actions for the second of the four years covered by the four-year strategic plan (2016 to 2020), published last April. The annual "remit letter", from the public health minister to PHE's chief executive, reiterates the Government's expectations of the agency vis a vis its priorities, in particular in the four critical priority areas of activity: health protection; health and wellbeing; reduction of inequalities; and development of the public health system and the NHS in England.   Kind regards HPR editorial team This email was sent using GovDelivery, on behalf of: Public Health England (PHE), Wellington House, 133-155 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8UG 020 7654 8400