Healthcare Infection Society (HIS)

Vision:
A world in which HCAIs have been reduced to the lowest possible level

Mission:
To provide healthcare professionals with the information, evidence and skills they need to prevent and control HCAIs.

values:
They believe that:
• Good science underpins good clinical practice
• Many HCAIs are preventable through effective multi-disciplinary teamwork
• Continual professional learning and development is necessary to reduce the incidence of HCAIs
• Collaboration within and beyond the Society will help to advance and communicate knowledge

History:
In 1979 a group of consultant medical microbiologists first met to form a society that would foster the scientific interests of those hospital doctors who were interested in nosocomial (or hospital-acquired) infections. The first formal meeting of the Society took place in 1980, and the Society moved into permanent premises at 162 King’s Cross Road London in July 2002 and Professor Sir Liam Donaldson officially opened the headquarters in March 2003.