| Further sources |
| For infection control advice and guidance |
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Objective |
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The Health Act (revised 2008): Code of Practice for the prevention and control of healthcare associated infection |
Helps organisations to plan and implement how they can prevent and control healthcare associated infections.
Applies to NHS bodies from 1 April 2009.
Focuses on ensuring patients are cared for in a clean environment where the risk of healthcare associated infections is kept as low as possible. |
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| 2 |
Epic 2: National Evidence-Based Guidelines for Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections in NHS Hospitals in England |
Updated February 2007, these national guidelines provide comprehensive recommendations for preventing HCAI in a variety of care settings and are based on the best currently available evidence. |
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| 3 |
Essential steps to safe, clean care: reducing healthcare-associated infections |
Seven infection prevention and control action areas for PCTs. Contains self-assessment and action planning tools for community settings. |
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| 4 |
Cleanyourhands campaign |
National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) campaign to minimise the risk to patient safety of low compliance with hand hygiene by healthcare staff. |
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| 5 |
NRIC: the National Resource for Infection Control
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A project developed by healthcare professionals, designed to be a single-access point to existing resources within infection control for both Infection Control and all other healthcare staff.
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| 6 |
Skills for Health National Occupational Standards (NOS) for infection prevention and control |
National Occupational Standards are statements of competence originated by Skills for Health. They set out what a person needs to be able to do, and what they should know, if they are to carry out an activity to an agreed national standard. They are not designed for any particular job titles or grades of job – they simply state a performance standard. |
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| 7 |
National specifications for cleanliness |
With the recent withdrawal of the NHS Cleaning Manual, these specifications provide a comparative framework within which hospitals and trusts in England can set out details for providing cleaning services and assessing ‘technical’ cleanliness. |
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| 8 |
Clean Safe Care website |
A hub for healthcare staff to access information, tools for Saving Lives and Esssential steps and news about reducing healthcare associated infections (HCAI) and providing safe, clean, reliable healthcare. |
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| 9 |
HAI & Infection Control Resource Centre |
Developed by Healthcare A2Z in partnership with Health Protection Scotland, a dedicated resource centre containing a selection of practical free-to-download job-related resources covering hand hygiene and personal protective equipment. |
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| 10 |
WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care |
Consensus from international experts on hand hygiene improvement within a healthcare context across the world. Useful tool for all settings as consideration is given to adaptation of practice. |
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