Question reference: S5W-30451
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 3 July 2020
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Current status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jeane Freeman on 3 July 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made on publishing validated statistics regarding hospital-onset COVID-19 cases in Scotland.
Answer
Public Health Scotland (PHS) this week, 1 July, published validated statistics on the number of nosocomial Covid-19 infections in Scotland, based on the agreed definitions of the European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC).
Scotland is the only country in the UK to have published this data to date. The data provides a detailed picture of hospital associated infections.
The information is not directly comparable to previously published unvalidated management information. The validated statistics cover a longer time period, week ending 1 March to week ending 7 June. The new statistics also capture each individual laboratory confirmed case, rather than only those in a HAI infection cluster.
These statistics will be published weekly on the PHS website as part of the wider information already published. In addition, the National Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infection (ARHAI) Unit within NHS National Services Scotland are working on a statistical process to produce further information relating to COVID-19 Healthcare Associated Infection deaths where possible.
The data and supporting methodology is available at: https://beta.isdscotland.org/find-publications-and-data/population-health/covid-19/hospital-onset-covid-19-cases-in-scotland/