ADVIN is a non-profit organisation whose mission is to raise awareness and inform the public on the dangers of hospital-acquired infections. ADVIN intends to collaborate with all health, political and professional authorities in order to develop a program of prevention and control of hospital-acquired infections upholding the level of international standards.

ADVIN recommends the promotion of preventive measures and campaigns to prevent and reduce the consequences of these infections: prolonged diseases, invalidity and death.

ADVIN supports victims of these infections and all other patients, by informing them of their rights, and desires the elaboration and realisation of a compensation plan for the victims.

1- The objective of ADVIN is to inform and sensitise the public at large, health professionals and political authorities on the humane, social and economical consequences of hospital-acquired infections and the urgency to implement preventive measures in order to reduce their rate.

2- ADVIN recommends the creation of a program of prevention and control of hospital-acquired infections upholding international standards.

3- ADVIN intends to collaborate with all partners in the Quebec health-care system to establish a system of control and prevention . ADVIN supports all measure allowing the health-care centers to measure their rate of hospital-acquired infection in relation to the other centers, to constantly monitor and reduce their rate of infection and to allow this information to be made public.

4- ADVIN estimates that it is necessary to inform the public and the patients on preventive measures, their rights and all support resources.