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- Drinking Water Safety: Guidance to health and water professionals
This document has been developed jointly by the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) and the Health Protection Agency (HPA). It is intended to inform consultants in communicable disease control (CsCDC) and other health professionals about the structure and legal framework of the water industry in England and Wales.
Added/updated: 15 September 2009
- Foodborne illness at The Fat Duck restaurant
Report of an investigation of a foodborne outbreak of norovirus among diners at The Fat Duck restaurant, Bray, Berkshire in January and February 2009
Added/updated: 10 September 2009
- Monitoring surgical wounds for infection
This leaflet explains surgical wound infection and the national programme for monitoring infections acquired in hospitals.
Added/updated: 17 August 2009
- Guidance on the diagnosis and management of PVL-associated Staphylococcus aureus infections (PVL-SA) in England
This guidance is intended to provide healthcare professionals with easily accessible advice on recognising, investigating, and managing PVL-Staphylococcus aureus (PVL-SA) cases.
Added/updated: 17 August 2009
- The Human Animal Infections and Risk Surveillance (HAIRS) Group First Report 2004-2007
The HAIRS group carries out horizon scanning to identify emerging and potentially zoonotic infections, by systematic examination of formal and informal reports on infectious incidents in animal and human populations globally.
Added/updated: 17 August 2009
- Guidance for the Management of Norovirus Infection in Cruise Ships 2007
These guidelines from the Health Protection Agency, Maritime and Coastguard Agency, and Association of Port Health Authorities, are for health professionals, port health, and other agency staff and the crew of affected vessels for the identification and management of norovirus outbreaks aboard cruise vessels.
Added/updated: 12 January 2010
- Tinea capitis in the United Kingdom: A report on its diagnosis, management and prevention.
The epidemiology of tinea capitis is not static as movements of people provide the potential to introduce new species to different areas.
Added/updated: 17 August 2009
- Guidance on Infection Control in Schools and other Child Care Settings
This document gives guidance on the most common infectious diseases and the recommended periods for which children should be kept away from school or nursery.
Added/updated: 17 August 2009
- Fungal Diseases in the UK 2006
The current provision of support for diagnosis and treatment: assessment and proposed network solution
Added/updated: 17 August 2009
- Management of Spa Pools - Controlling the Risks of Infection
This guidance will be of use to all who have anything to do with spa pools from the designer to the user.
Added/updated: 5 February 2010
- Protecting the health of the Nation's children: the benefit of vaccines: 2005
The first national report on the current status of the universal vaccine programmes from the Centre for Infections.
Added/updated: 17 August 2009
- Guidelines for the Control of Infection and Communicable Disease in nurseries and Other Institutional Early Years Settings in South West London Sector 2003
These guidelines are intended as a practical guide for staff who are responsible for children in nurseries.
Added/updated: 17 August 2009
- The Microbiological Quality of Water Onboard Aircraft: 2003
A Joint Study by the Association of Port Health Authorities and the Public Health Laboratory Service
Added/updated: 17 August 2009
- Guidelines For Water Quality On Board Merchant Ships Including Passenger Vessels
These are the first National guidelines on the microbiological quality of water on board ships in the UK.
Added/updated: 17 August 2009
- Overview of Communicable Diseases 1999
Overview of Communicable Diseases 1999.
Added/updated: 17 August 2009