Infection control

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1. Is infection prevention and control guidance fit for people? (a blog by Julie Storr)

   • Infection control
   • Person-centred care

   By JULES STORR, 1 June

   • 1 comment
   • 647 views
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   • Comment by JULES STORR
   • 12 June

2. World Hand Hygiene Day - why I continue to promote this campaign (by Claire Kilpatrick)

   • Infection control
   • Hand hygiene

   By Patient_Safety_Learning, 5 May

   • 0 comments
   • 654 views
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   • 5 May

3. World Hand Hygiene Day 2026 resources (Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care)

   • Handwashing
   • Hand hygiene
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Handwashing
     • Hand hygiene
     • Infection control
     • Australia

   By Patient Safety Learning, 1 May

   • 0 comments
   • 432 views
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   • Added by Patient Safety Learning
   • 1 May

4. Top picks: Resources about hand hygiene

   • Handwashing
   • Hand hygiene
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Handwashing
     • Hand hygiene
     • Infection control
     • Top picks

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 24 April

   • 0 comments
   • 3,544 views
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   • 24 April

5. Risks associated with the outsourcing of the aseptic compounding of parenteral nutrition (June 2015)

   • Parenteral nutrition
   • Infection control
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Parenteral nutrition
     • Infection control
     • Pharmacy / chemist
     • Risk management

   By Patient Safety Learning, 8 January

   • 0 comments
   • 106 views
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   • 8 January

6. Country preparedness for the introduction and appropriate use of antibiotics (WHO 2025)

   • Infection control
   • Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
   • (and 1 more)

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     • Infection control
     • Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
     • Medication

   By Patient_Safety_Learning, 20 August, 2025

   • 0 comments
   • 479 views
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   • 20 August, 2025

7. Does campaigning work to prevent infections? A blog for World Hand Hygiene Day 2025

   • Infection control
   • Global health
   • (and 5 more)

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     • Infection control
     • Global health
     • Hand hygiene
     • Handwashing
     • Information sharing
     • Communication
     • Standards

   By Patient Safety Learning, 2 May, 2025

   • 0 comments
   • 1,213 views
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   • 2 May, 2025

8. WHO Hand Hygiene Self-Assessment Framework 2010

   • Handwashing
   • Hand hygiene
   • (and 1 more)

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     • Handwashing
     • Hand hygiene
     • Standards

   By Sam, 30 April, 2025

   • 0 comments
   • 834 views
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   • Added by Sam
   • 30 April, 2025

9. Early Action Review: Preventing local outbreaks from becoming pandemics (25 March 2024)

   • Pandemic
   • Infection control
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Pandemic
     • Infection control
     • Medicine - Infectious disease
     • Testing
     • Resources / Organisational management

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 10 January, 2025

   • 0 comments
   • 387 views
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   • 10 January, 2025

10. Testing and masking policies and hospital-onset respiratory viral infections (27 November 2024)

    • Infection control
    • Healthcare associated infection
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Infection control
      • Healthcare associated infection
      • PPE (personal Protective Equipment)
      • Virus
      • Transmission
      • Medicine - Respiratory

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 4 December, 2024

    • 0 comments
    • 579 views
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    • 4 December, 2024

11. WHO: Global report on infection prevention and control 2024

    • Infection control
    • Healthcare associated infection
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Infection control
      • Healthcare associated infection
      • Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
      • Medicine - Infectious disease
      • Survey
      • Implementation

    By Mark Hughes, 2 December, 2024

    • 0 comments
    • 4,619 views
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    • Added by Mark Hughes
    • 2 December, 2024

12. ARHQ: Toolkit for MRSA prevention in ICU & non-ICU settings (last updated October 2024)

    • Infection control
    • Standards
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Infection control
      • Standards
      • Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)

    By Patient Safety Learning, 22 November, 2024

    • 0 comments
    • 330 views
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    • 22 November, 2024

13. Review of decontamination protocols for shared non-critical objects in 35 policies of UK NHS acute care organizations (9 November 2021)

    • Infection control
    • Research

    By Patient_Safety_Learning, 16 August, 2024

    • 0 comments
    • 314 views
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    • 16 August, 2024

14. Extended spectrum beta lactamase (ESBL) bacteria: Information leaflet for patients and visitors (2016)

    • Infection control
    • Healthcare associated infection
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Infection control
      • Healthcare associated infection
      • Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
      • Information sharing

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 25 June, 2024

    • 0 comments
    • 399 views
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    • 25 June, 2024

15. WHO's Global Strategy for Infection Prevention and Control: Guide to implementation 1-pager

    • Patient safety strategy
    • Standards
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Patient safety strategy
      • Standards
      • Infection control
      • Global health

    By Patient Safety Learning, 14 June, 2024

    • 0 comments
    • 1,084 views
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    • 14 June, 2024

16. Scientia potentia est—Why sharing knowledge about hand hygiene remains important

    • Hand hygiene
    • Handwashing
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Hand hygiene
      • Handwashing
      • Infection control
      • Global health
      • Training
      • Implementation

    By JULES STORR, 3 May, 2024

    • 0 comments
    • 2,332 views
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    • Added by JULES STORR
    • 3 May, 2024

17. Infection Control Matters podcast: 90% Reduction in MRSA bacteraemia. Possible but patience is a virtue! (24 January 2024)

    • Healthcare associated infection
    • Infection control

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 22 February, 2024

    • 0 comments
    • 498 views
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    • Added by Patient-Safety-Learning
    • 22 February, 2024

18. e-Bug: Resources for children and young people about infection control and AMR (UKHSA)

    • Children and Young People
    • Infection control
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Children and Young People
      • Infection control
      • Health education
      • Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
      • Hand hygiene
      • School / university

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 20 November, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 783 views
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    • 20 November, 2023

19. Implementation of a quality improvement project using the patient as the observer to improve hand hygiene compliance in ambulatory care practices

    • Infection control
    • Hand hygiene
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Infection control
      • Hand hygiene
      • Research

    By Patient_Safety_Learning, 11 September, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 799 views
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    • 11 September, 2023

20. Healthcare-associated infections in adult intensive care units: A multisource study examining nurses’ safety attitudes, quality of care, missed care, and nurse staffing (26 June 2023)

    • Healthcare associated infection
    • Infection control
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Healthcare associated infection
      • Infection control
      • Adult
      • ICU/ ITU/ HDU
      • Workforce management
      • Safe staffing

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 24 August, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 1,220 views
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    • 24 August, 2023

21. Long-term care healthcare-associated infections in 2022: An analysis of 20,216 reports (28 April 2023)

    • Healthcare associated infection
    • Research
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Healthcare associated infection
      • Research
      • Infection control
      • USA
      • Reporting
      • Quality improvement

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 28 June, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 754 views
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    • 28 June, 2023

22. A global taskforce on WASH in health care facilities: synthesis 2022-2023 (WHO, 30 March 2023)

    • Infection control
    • Handwashing
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Infection control
      • Handwashing
      • Hand hygiene
      • Collaboration
      • Global health

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 25 April, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 905 views
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    • 25 April, 2023

23. Global progress report on WASH in health care facilities: Fundamentals first (WHO, 30 November 2021)

    • Global health
    • Infection control
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Global health
      • Infection control
      • Hand hygiene
      • Low income countries
      • Recommendations

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 24 April, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 707 views
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    • 24 April, 2023

24. Hand hygiene acceleration framework tool (Hand Hygiene for All, 17 March 2023)

    • Handwashing
    • Hand hygiene
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Handwashing
      • Hand hygiene
      • Infection control
      • Global health
      • Dashboard
      • Data

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 24 April, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 1,577 views
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    • 24 April, 2023

25. 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)

      Tagged with:

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

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 24 February, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 2,355 views
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    • 24 February, 2023