Infection control

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1. SHEA/IDSA/APIC Practice Recommendation: Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene: 2022 Update (8 February 2023)

   • Infection control
   • Healthcare associated infection
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Infection control
     • Healthcare associated infection
     • Hand hygiene
     • Recommendations
     • USA

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 24 February

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   • 24 February

2. Emergent themes from a quality improvement programme for CLABSI/CAUTI prevention in ICUs amid the Covid-19 pandemic (21 November 2022)

   • Healthcare associated infection
   • Pandemic
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Healthcare associated infection
     • Pandemic
     • Infection control
     • USA
     • Quality improvement

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 30 December, 2022

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   • 30 December, 2022

3. Clean hands count for safe healthcare (CDC, 2020)

   • Infection control
   • USA
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     • Infection control
     • USA
     • Handwashing
     • Patient engagement
     • Staff engagement
     • Healthcare associated infection
     • Hospital ward

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 26 December, 2022

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   • 26 December, 2022

4. HSE Ireland - Point of care risk assessment (PCRA) poster (August 2022)

   • Infection control
   • Patient
   • (and 4 more)

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     • Infection control
     • Patient
     • Consultation
     • PPE (personal Protective Equipment)
     • Hand hygiene
     • Ireland

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 3 October, 2022

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   • 3 October, 2022

5. WHO: Progress on WASH in health care facilities 2000–2021 (launch version, August 2022)

   • Infection control
   • Hand hygiene
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Infection control
     • Hand hygiene
     • Healthcare associated infection
     • Organisation / service factors
     • Physical environment

   By Patient Safety Learning, 2 September, 2022

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   • 2 September, 2022

6. Clinician perspectives of policy implementation: A qualitative study of the implementation of a national infection prevention policy in Australian hospitals (1 April 2018)

   • Australia
   • Infection control
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     • Australia
     • Infection control
     • Implementation
     • Policies / Protocols / Procedures
     • Doctor

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 30 May, 2022

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   • 30 May, 2022

7. Health Education for Scotland - Hand hygiene learning resources (24 March 2022)

   • Infection control
   • Hand hygiene
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Infection control
     • Hand hygiene
     • Handwashing
     • Training
     • Scotland

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 5 May, 2022

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   • 5 May, 2022

8. The first WHO global survey on infection prevention and control in healthcare facilities (21 February 2022)

   • Infection control
   • Healthcare associated infection
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     • Infection control
     • Healthcare associated infection
     • Medicine - Infectious disease
     • Survey
     • Systematic review
     • Organisational Performance
     • Standards

   By Patient Safety Learning, 4 May, 2022

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   • 4 May, 2022

9. Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis (19 January 2022)

   • Medication
   • Infection control
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Medication
     • Infection control
     • Healthcare associated infection
     • Global health
     • Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 24 January, 2022

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   • 24 January, 2022

10. Infection control matters: podcast series

    • Infection control
    • Healthcare associated infection

    By Patient Safety Learning, 6 November, 2021

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    • 6 November, 2021

11. PerfectWard: Infection Prevention and Control webinar recording (29 July 2021)

    • Infection control
    • Hospital ward
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Infection control
      • Hospital ward
      • Staff factors
      • Risk management

    By Patient Safety Learning, 5 August, 2021

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    • 5 August, 2021

12. Arrowe Park: experience of the multidisciplinary team serving the UK’s first quarantine unit in 40 years

    • Infection control
    • PPE (personal Protective Equipment)
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Infection control
      • PPE (personal Protective Equipment)
      • GP

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 29 July, 2021

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    • 29 July, 2021

13. Infection prevention

    • Infection control

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 28 July, 2021

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    • 28 July, 2021

14. RCN Independent Review of Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of COVID-19 in Health Care Settings in the UK (March 2021)

    • Infection control
    • Nurse

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 17 April, 2021

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    • 17 April, 2021

15. Germ Defense: Advice to help protect your home from COVID-19

    • Virus
    • Infection control

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 1 February, 2021

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    • 1 February, 2021

16. Hand hygiene fact sheets (Canadian Patient Safety Institute)

    • Hand hygiene

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 23 December, 2020

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    • 23 December, 2020

17. WHO: Implementation manual to support the prevention of surgical site infections at the facility level (interim version)

    • Surgery - General
    • Infection control

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 9 November, 2020

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    • 9 November, 2020

18. Association of Anaesthetists: Infection prevention and control 2020

    • Healthcare associated infection
    • Anaesthesia
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Healthcare associated infection
      • Anaesthesia
      • Safety behaviour
      • Safety process

    By Claire Cox, 26 February, 2020

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    • 26 February, 2020

19. Infection control tips for dental patients

    • Dentist
    • Patient
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Dentist
      • Patient
      • Risk management
      • Standards

    By Claire Cox, 27 January, 2020

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    • 27 January, 2020

20. Guideline for disinfection and sterilisation in healthcare facilities (updated May 2019)

    • Healthcare associated infection
    • Risk management
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      • Healthcare associated infection
      • Risk management
      • Surgery - General
      • Safety process
      • Medical device / equipment

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 3 January, 2019

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    • 3 January, 2019

21. ECRI Institute: If it’s not clean, it’s not sterile: reprocessing contaminated instruments (November 2017)

    • Healthcare associated infection
    • Risk management
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      • Healthcare associated infection
      • Risk management
      • Medical device / equipment
      • Surgery - General

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 3 January, 2019

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    • 3 January, 2019

22. ECRI Institute: Sterile processing department’s role in patient safety (August 2012)

    • Healthcare associated infection
    • Medical device / equipment
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      • Healthcare associated infection
      • Medical device / equipment
      • Risk management
      • Safety process

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 3 January, 2019

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    • 3 January, 2019

23. DHSC: Management and decontamination of surgical instruments (medical devices) used in acute care (July 2016)

    • Medicine - Acute internal
    • Surgery - General
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      • Medicine - Acute internal
      • Surgery - General
      • Medical device / equipment
      • Healthcare associated infection
      • Risk management

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 3 January, 2019

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    • 3 January, 2019

24. NICE: Infection prevention and control (quality standard QS61, April 2014)

    • Healthcare associated infection
    • Quality improvement
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Healthcare associated infection
      • Quality improvement
      • Standards

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 3 January, 2019

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    • 3 January, 2019