British Infection Association

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The British Infection Association (BIA) is a professional association in the United Kingdom that supports professionals within the field of infection. [1]

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Registered in the UK, [2] the Association is governed by an elected board of Principle Officers, [3] made up of President, Vice President, Honorary Secretary, Treasurer and Meeting Secretary supported by a wider elected council. [4] BIA serves to support professionals to improve, diagnose, manage and prevent infection through education, advocacy and research and has grown to become a leading authority in the field. [5]

History

The BIA was formed from a merger in November 2009 [6] between the Association of Medical Microbiologists. [7] and the British Infection Society (Itself a result of the merger of the British Society for the Study of Infection with the Clinical Infection Society in 1998). [8] The BIA was registered under its new name with the Registrar of Companies for Scotland on 12 November 2010. [9]

Organisation and Aims

The organisation has upwards of 1500 members. [10] Full members of the association include consultants, associate specialists and senior academics, but membership options are offered for those in training and non-medically qualified healthcare workers with an interest in infection. [11]

BIA represents infection professional specialists at a high level in the UK through [12] collaboration with the Royal Colleges and work with NHS England and the UK Health Security Agency and other government bodies. [13] It provides multiple educational opportunities each year. They host their own events, are a hosting society of the Federation of Infection Societies Conference [14] and are an affiliated society of ESCMID Research [15] and travel grants are awarded on an annual basis with a focus on infection specialists in the early stages of their careers. [16] The association has produced multiple guidelines [17] and infection quick reference guides to assist infection specialists and others in their practice [18] and publishes two journals , the Journal of Infection [19] and Clinical Infection in Practice. [20]

Council

The BIA Council changes every 2-3 years depending on the term of the roles. The current council is listed on their website.

References

  1. ↑ "News". www.sth.nhs.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "BRITISH INFECTION ASSOCIATION overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  3. ↑ "British Infection Association". hub.ukevote.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  4. ↑ "BIA Council | British Infection Association (BIA)". www.britishinfection.org. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  5. ↑ "About BIA | British Infection Association (BIA)". www.britishinfection.org. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  6. ↑ "About BIA | British Infection Association (BIA)". www.britishinfection.org. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  7. ↑ "About BIA | British Infection Association (BIA)". www.britishinfection.org. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  8. ↑ Read, Robert.C (January 2009). "30 years on; the continuing evolution of our journal and our society" . Journal of Infection. 58 (1): 1–2. doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2008.12.011 – via Elsevier.
  9. ↑ "BRITISH INFECTION ASSOCIATION overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  10. ↑ ESCMID (22 February 2024). ASC 2023: British Infection Association . Retrieved 12 June 2024– via YouTube.
  11. ↑ "Join | British Infection Association (BIA)". www.britishinfection.org. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  12. ↑ ESCMID (22 February 2024). ASC 2023: British Infection Association . Retrieved 12 June 2024– via YouTube.
  13. ↑ https://www.britishinfection.org/application/files/1416/2619/0539/BIA_Infection_Services_Standards_Document_FINAL_June_2021.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  14. ↑ "Elevate Your Expertise at the Premier FIS Conference for Infection Prevention and Control". 20 October 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  15. ↑ "Affiliated Societies". www.escmid.org. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  16. ↑ FIS 2024. "Grants and prizes - FIS 2024 - ACC Liverpool". Grants and prizes. Retrieved 12 June 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  17. ↑ Nabarro, L.E (April 2022). "British Infection Association guidelines for the diagnosis and management of enteric fever in England" . Journal of Infection. 84 (4): 469–489. doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2022.01.014. PMID   35038438.
  18. ↑ https://www.britishinfection.org/application/files/2116/4639/2110/Investigation_of_Sepsis_in_Adult_Hospital_Patients.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  19. ↑ https://www.journalofinfection.com/ [ bare URL ]
  20. ↑ https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/clinical-infection-in-practice [ bare URL ]
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