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Infection control guidance for care homes
— [guidance produced in association with the Public Health Medicine Environmental Group; and in collaboration with the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health] |
| Corporate Author | General Health Protection, Department of Health - DH; Public Health Medicine Environmental Group (PHMEG); Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) |
| Publisher | Department of Health - DH, London, June 2006 |
| Pages | 71 pp (ref. 6724) |
| Source | DH Publications orderline: tel: 08701 555 455 email: dh@prolog.uk.com |
| Keywords | Hygiene ; Infectious diseases ; Public health ; Care homes ; Standards of provision. |
| Annotation | This provides best practice guidance on the prevention of infection in care homes. The roles and responsibilities in relation to infection control are clarified following the formation of the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) and the Health Protection Agency. This document updates "Guidelines on the control of infection in nursing and residential homes" (Department of Health, 1996), and will be updated in the light of amendments to the Private and Voluntary Health Care (England) Regulations 2001, which will follow the coming into force of the Code of Practice for the Prevention and Control of Health Care Associated Infections (HCAI) during 2007. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-061030207 B |
| Classmark | LR: CJA: RC: KW: 583 |
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