New targeted call for proposals for Mission 3: "Surveillance and Prevention of Infection Risks Associated with Surgical and Interventional Medical Procedures"

Missions 2, 4, and 5 were filled during the first call for proposals published on December 7, 2017, and will begin their work shortly. The review of applications for Mission 1 is still ongoing.However, the call for projects for Mission 3 was declared unsuccessful, and Santé publique France is issuing a new targeted call for this mission in order to fill it. The terms of reference remain unchanged. Candidates will be selected by July 14, 2018, and the designated CPias will be asked to carry out this national mission for a period of 5 years, until March 31, 2023.

How to respond to this call for proposals?

To respond to this call for proposals, CPias must review the documents listed below. They must strictly adhere to the formal requirements and instructions in the consultation guidelines.

Applications for this call for proposals must be received by Santé publique France no later than June 11, 2018, at 5:00 p.m. Any application submitted after this date will be deemed ineligible.

For any additional information, please contact Santé publique France at the following address: MNIAS2018@santepubliquefrance.fr

Application Package

• Application Package

• Financial Proposal (updated January 5, 2018)

Documents constituting the call

• Consultation Rules – MNIAS Call for Proposals 2018–2023

• General Terms of Reference for National Missions on the Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antibiotic Resistance

• Terms of Reference for the National Mission "Surveillance and Prevention of Infection Risks Associated with Surgical and Interventional Medical Procedures"

Reminder of the regulations

• Decree No. 2017-129 of February 3, 2017, on the prevention of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs)

• Order of March 7, 2017, regarding the reporting of healthcare-associated infections and establishing the terms of reference for support centers for the prevention of healthcare-associated infections

Frequently Asked Questions

Applicants may refer to the questions already addressed during the first call for applications, the answers to which are available at the following address: /News/Call-for-projects-for-national-surveillance-and-prevention-missions-for-healthcare-associated-infections-Term-2018-2023.

Guiding Principles for the Call for Proposals for the 2018–2023 Term

To support Santé publique France, a "National Missions on Healthcare-Associated Infections" Committee (CMNIAS)—a body responsible for drafting and evaluating calls for proposals—has been established under its Director General. The CMNIAS’s missions are a) to define the terms of reference for future national missions; b) to evaluate the quality of the applications received in response to calls for proposals so that the agency can select them and propose to the Ministry of Health the future recipients (for a term of 5 years) of these national missions; c) to evaluate annually the activities of the CPias thus designated, based on their annual activity reports.

Its scientific analysis took into account the missions of the CPias and Santé publique France, drawing on an assessment of the current situation and the results of a prior consultation with stakeholders. It also incorporated the objectives of the National Program for the Prevention of Healthcare-Associated Infections (Propias), the interministerial "Antimicrobial Resistance" roadmap, and the European programs coordinated by the ECDC.

The scope and content of the national missions were thus defined by taking into account the current situation and the following factors:

• The need to integrate surveillance and prevention activities into a single mission with the aim of ensuring continuity and providing information for action;

• The expansion, via Propias, of the scope of HAIs to include community settings, a major challenge;

• A lack of coverage by current surveillance networks of certain areas of healthcare-associated infection risk and certain types or sectors of care;

• The expansion of the scope of procedural infection risk with the development of outpatient surgery and interventional medicine or radiology;

• The evolution of concepts in the prevention of healthcare-associated infections;

• The gradual introduction of risk management methods into the field of HAI prevention, with an individualized approach to infection risk;

• The availability of training tools utilizing new information technologies;

• The high accessibility, via the Internet and search engines, of documentation and bibliographic resources;

• Finally, the fact that certain national activities are intended to remain under the direct purview of Santé publique France. They will therefore not be delegated through calls for proposals. These include, in particular:

  • the national coordination of HAI reporting, directly linked to the agency’s alert functions;

  • national prevalence surveys (hospitals, long-term care facilities, and community settings);

  • monitoring of antibiotic use in community settings;

  • the promotion of vaccination and the monitoring of vaccination coverage among healthcare professionals.

The CMNIAS has thus identified five major missions that the CPias can address:

1. Surveillance and prevention of hospital-acquired respiratory tract infections (HARTI) and healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in outpatient care and the medical-social sector;

2. Surveillance and prevention of HAIs in healthcare facilities;

3. Surveillance and prevention of infection risks associated with surgical and interventional medical procedures;

4. Surveillance and prevention of infections associated with invasive devices;

5. Support for prevention efforts: assessment, training, communication, and documentation.

The balance between each of these major missions, their potential interactions, and the transition process with existing systems have been taken into account.