These include the introduction of service standards by the Clinical Standards Board for Scotland (CSBS) for infection control and cleaning services, a national mandatory system of surveillance of HAI, improved measures for the decontamination of re-usable medical devices, the antimicrobial resistance strategy and additional funding for the training of infection control nurses.The CSBS interim report on performance against the infection control standard will be the first indication of how well the NHS in Scotland is responding to the new...