SHIINe Infection Surveillance System
Infection surveillance is regarded as the cornerstone of Infection Control programs. Knowledge of the normal rate of infections is essential if medical health providers such as hospitals are to accurately detect and measure any increases in reported infections and assess preventative actions.
Hospitals are required to undertake routine hospital-acquired or nosocomial infection surveillance as a component of their Infection Control programs. Infection surveillance can be very time consuming, and efficient data management is vital to the process. VICNISS and VPAC are collaboratively developing a new infection surveillance software application, called Safer Hospitals Integrated Information Network (SHIINe), to ensure scientific credibility, identify problems, ensure the use of standardised methodology, and to increase compliance and participation with Infection Control in hospitals. Download full PDF (119KB)