The Minister for Health defines national guidelines for the prevention and management of healthcare-associated infections and the prevention of resistance to anti-infectives, in particular antibiotic resistance. It coordinates and monitors this policy.
The Minister for Health may, if necessary jointly, instruct one or more support centres for the prevention of healthcare-associated infections mentioned in article R. 1413-83 and one or more regional centres for antibiotic therapy mentioned in article R. 1413-86 to conduct studies and work concerning the prevention of healthcare-associated infections and resistance to anti-infectives, in particular antibiotic resistance.