Skip To Content

Site Logo

National Infection Prevention and Control Manual

National Infection Prevention and Control Manual

News

Infection Prevention and Control Manual for older people and adult care homes (Care Home IPCM) now available

24 May 2021

In order to support care homes successfully adopt and implement the NIPCM, this context specific Care Home Infection Prevention and Control Manual (CH IPCM) has been co-produced with national and local stakeholders.

The content of the CH IPCM is completely aligned to the evidence based NIPCM and is intended to be used by all those involved in residential care provision.

The CH IPCM contains chapters on:

  1. Standard Infection Control Precautions (SICPs);
  2. Transmission Based Precautions (TBPs);