Key National Guidelines on Preventing HCAI

General guidance on healthcare associated infection

See links below for publications related to specific pathogens/topics

• The Health Act 2006: Code of Practice for the prevention and control of healthcare associated infection October 2006
• Epic2: national evidence-based guidelines for preventing healthcare-associated infections in NHS hospitals in England. J Hosp Infect. 2007; 65 (suppl 1)  
• The epic project: developing national evidence-based guidelines for preventing healthcare association infections phase 1: guidelines for preventing hospital-acquired infections
• Pellow CM, Pratt RJ, Loveday HP et al (2004) The epic project; updating the evidence for national evidence-based guidelines for preventing healthcare association infections in NHS hospital in England.  A report with recommendations
• Infection control, prevention of healthcare-associated infection in primary and community care (National Institute of Clinical Excellence guideline). June 2003
• Infection Control Guidance for Care Homes. Dept Health/ICNA/Public Health Medical Environmental group, June 2006
• Department of Health Delivery Programme to Reduce Healthcare Associated Infections, 2006. Includes: Essential steps in safe clean care, Going further faster  
• Ward V, Wilson J, Taylor L, Cookson B, Glynn A  Preventing hospital-acquired infection - Clinical guidelines PHLS 1997 ISBN 0 901144 41 X

Guidelines on decontamination of endoscopes:

• British Thoracic Society
• Department of health “Top ten tips”
• The British Society for Gastroenterology

 

Use National electronic Library of Infection (NeLI) to search for other healthcare associated infection and infection control guidelines and guidance

 

Guidelines on specific topic areas:

• Acinetobacter
• Avian influenza
• Bloodborne viruses
• Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease (CJD) 
• Clostridium difficile
• Norovirus
• Pandemic influenza
• Staphylococcus aureus (including MRSA)
• Surgical site infection
• Tuberculosis