S.I.N. is a new campaign set up to research all relevant knowledge about Health Care Acquired Infection (especially MRSA and C. Difficile and V.R.E ) and their prevention and control. The intention is to spread this information as widely as possible, to patients and potential patients, to hospital and health administrators, doctors, nurses and all health care professionals.

S.I.N. is the brainchild of Dr.Teresa Graham (formerly of MRSA and Families Network) and has been launched in conjunction with like-minded people in Waterford, Limerick and Dublin (with more to follow, we hope). Links have been forged with R.I.D. (Reduce Infection Deaths) in the U.S., MRSA Action UK, in the UK, and with infection control practitioners in the Netherlands. S.I.N. works in co-operation with groups in Ireland which are interested in seeing improvements in health care in the country, and information and support will be shared.

Please use this site to

	Read information About MRSA’ and ‘About Clostridium		Please click on Icon to hear advice
	Contact us with your questions.
	Register a diagnosis of a Health Care Acquired Infection (HCAI)
	To become a SINNER
	Or to make a donation

We are asking people to register a HCAI diagnosis with us because the official records are not complete. MRSA blood stream infection is a notifiable disease, but MRSA infections in the bone, wounds or respiratory are not, and we need to have a complete picture.

Please let us know if there is something you want included on the Web Site, or if you have any information or news you want to share.

We are in the process of registering as a charity and all funds donated will go towards the research undertaken and in the preparation of the Patient Information Kit which will be on C.D., and eventually DVD. All our workers are volunteers, and we have no plans to have any paid employees.