§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of infections with the bacteria Acinetobacter there were in the NHS in each year since 1997. [120960]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonData on hospital acquired Acinetobactec infections are not collected centrally. However, the Health Protection Agency has a reporting system for blood stream (bacteraemia) infections and the available data are shown in the table.
Laboratory reports of Acinetobacter bacteraemias: England and Wales, 1997 to 2002 Year Number of reports 1997 671 1998 773 1999 780 2000 774 2001 911 2002 1 861 1 Provisional data Source:
Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, Health Protection Agency.