Affiliations

• ¹ Consultant Microbiologist, Department of Microbiology and Virology, University College London Hospitals, London, UK. Electronic address: peter.wilson@uclh.nhs.uk.
• ² Professor of Medical Microbiology, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
• ³ Epidemiologist, Infection Prevention and Control, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.
• ⁴ Retired Consultant Microbiologist, Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, Shrewsbury, UK.
• ⁵ Consultant Microbiologist, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Plymouth, UK.
• ⁶ Consultant Microbiologist, Public Health England, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
• ⁷ Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and General Medicine, Department of Infection, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.
• ⁸ Consultant Microbiologist, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre, Birmingham, UK.
• ⁹ Consultant Microbiologist, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, UK.
• ¹⁰ Head of Primary Care Unit, Public Health England, and Honorary Visiting Professor Cardiff University, Microbiology Department, Gloucester Royal Hospital, Gloucester, UK.
• ¹¹ Patient Representative, Bristol, UK.
• ¹² Patient Representative, Member of Health Care Acquired Infections, Service Users Research Forum, Leicester, UK.
• ¹³ Trustee, MRSA Action, Kirkham, UK.
• ¹⁴ Patient Representative, Member of Health Care Acquired Infections, Service Users Research Forum, London, UK.
• ¹⁵ Clinical Lead Infection Prevention, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK.
• ¹⁶ Infection Prevention and Control Lead for North Yorkshire and Humber Commissioning Support Unit, Hull, UK.
• ¹⁷ Nurse Consultant Infection Control, Infection Control Team/HAI Group, Health Protection Scotland, Glasgow, UK.
• ¹⁸ Nursing Officer - Communicable Diseases Infectious Diseases and Blood Policy, Department of Health, London, UK.
• ¹⁹ Professor of Clinical and Public Health Bacteriology, Consultant Medical Microbiologist, Public Health Laboratory, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, UK.