Organization: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]

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". https://www.sth.nhs.uk/news/news?action=view&newsID=1589. 
  2. ↑ "BRITISH INFECTION ASSOCIATION overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK" (in en). https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC198418. 
  3. ↑ "British Infection Association". https://hub.ukevote.uk/bia. 
  4. ↑ "BIA Council | British Infection Association (BIA)". https://www.britishinfection.org/about-bia/council. 
  5. ↑ "About BIA | British Infection Association (BIA)". https://www.britishinfection.org/about-bia. 
  6. ↑ "About BIA | British Infection Association (BIA)". https://www.britishinfection.org/about-bia. 
  7. ↑ "About BIA | British Infection Association (BIA)". https://www.britishinfection.org/about-bia. 
  8. ↑ Read, Robert C.; Friedland, Jon S. (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. 
  9. ↑ "BRITISH INFECTION ASSOCIATION overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK" (in en). https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC198418. 
  10. ↑ ESCMID (2024-02-22). ASC 2023: British Infection Association. Retrieved 2024-06-12 – via YouTube.
  11. ↑ "Join | British Infection Association (BIA)". https://www.britishinfection.org/join. 
  12. ↑ ESCMID (2024-02-22). ASC 2023: British Infection Association. Retrieved 2024-06-12 – 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" (in en-GB). 2023-10-20. https://fisconference.org/. 
  15. ↑ "Affiliated Societies" (in en). https://www.escmid.org/about-us/affiliates-partners/affiliate-societies/. 
  16. ↑ FIS 2024. "Grants and prizes - FIS 2024 - ACC Liverpool". https://fitwise.eventsair.com/fis-2024/fitwise.eventsair.com/grants-prizes. 
  17. ↑ Nabarro, L.E.; McCann, N.; Herdman, M.T.; Dugan, C.; Ladhani, S.; Patel, D.; Morris-Jones, S.; Balasegaram, S. et al. (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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