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National Infection Prevention and Control Manual

National Infection Prevention and Control Manual

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About the Manual
Responsibilities
Chapter 1 - Standard Infection Control Precautions (SICPs)
Chapter 2 - Transmission Based Precautions (TBPs)
Chapter 3 - Healthcare Infection Incidents, Outbreaks and Data Exceedance
Chapter 4 - Infection Control in the Built Environment and Decontamination
Addendum for Infection Prevention and Control within Neonatal Settings (NNU)
A-Z Pathogens
Glossary
Appendices
Resources
World Hand Hygiene Day 5 May 2025 - It might be gloves. It's always hand hygiene

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Aerosol Generating Procedures (AGPs)
Built Environment
Care Home IPC resource for respiratory illness
Care Home IPC resource for gastro-intestinal illness
Literature reviews
Decontamination and built environment
Hand hygiene
Incidents and outbreaks
Management of care equipment
Management of the care environment
Patient management
Pandemic response
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Transmission Based Precautions definitions
Information Leaflets
Information Leaflets - language translations
Outbreak Checklist
Quality Improvement Tools (QITs) - Inserting and maintaining a central vascular catheter (CVC)
Quality Improvement Tools (QITs) - Inserting and maintaining a peripheral vascular catheter (PVC)
Quality Improvement Tools (QITs) - Inserting and maintaining a urinary catheter (UC)
Quality Improvement Tools (QITs) - Patient needing a surgical procedure
Quality Improvement Tools (QITs) - Person with a known or suspected CDI
Quality Improvement Tools (QITs) - Taking a sample for blood culture
Quality Improvement Tools (QITs) - Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) Prevention
Respiratory Screening
Scabies: Back to Basics Presentation - 23 October 2024
Trigger tools
Campaigns
Hand hygiene day
Winter planning
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