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Infection Prevention Solutions

INFECTION PREVENTION & CONTROL PRIMARY CARE GENERAL PRACTICE POLICIES AND SAFE PRACTICE GUIDANCE CONTENTS Title

Section Number

Policies: Infection Prevention And Control Management Policy

1

Recognition and management of an outbreak of infection

2

Management of an outbreak of viral gastro-intestinal illness in Residential Care Home

3

Antibiotic Prescribing Policy

4

Safe practice guidance – General: Infection Control Principles - the spread of infection

5

Standard Infection Control Precautions

6

Hand Hygiene

7

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

8

Safe Use and Disposal of Sharps

9

Management of Healthcare Waste

10

Environmental Cleaning

11

Spillages of Blood and Body Fluids

12

Pest Control

13

Estates and Facilities Management

14

Safe practice guidance – Clinical: Decontamination of Medical Equipment

15

Single Use and Single Patient Use Medical Devices Vaccine Management

16 17

Aseptic Technique and care of Invasive Devices

18

Isolation of Infectious Patients in general Practice

19

Collection of Microbiological Specimens

20

Infections with specific alert organisms Management of Clostridium difficile diarrhoea

21 22

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Safe practice guidance – Personnel: Management of Occupational Exposure to Blood-borne Viruses

23

Management of Infections in Staff

24

Vaccination Programme for Staff and Service Users

25 26

Bibliography

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