Section 8: Prevention of healthcare-associated infections and resistance to anti-infectives

As part of the tasks it carries out pursuant to 3° of Article R. 1413-1, the Agence nationale de santé publique may call on the support centres for the prevention of healthcare-associated infections, where appropriate jointly, to carry out national surveillance and expert missions in the field of the control and prevention of healthcare-associated infections and resistance to anti-infectives, and on the regional antibiotherapy centres to carry out national expert…

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….