Infection control

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1. Infection control tips for dental patients

   • Dentist
   • Patient
   • (and 2 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Dentist
     • Patient
     • Risk management
     • Standards

   By Claire Cox, 27 January, 2020

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   • 896 views
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   • 27 January, 2020

2. 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

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   • 196 views
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   • 20 November, 2023

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

   • Infection control
   • USA
   • (and 5 more)

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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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   • 380 views
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   • 26 December, 2022

4. 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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   • 941 views
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   • 5 May, 2022

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

   • Virus
   • Infection control

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 1 February, 2021

   • 0 comments
   • 787 views
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   • 1 February, 2021

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

   • Hand hygiene

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 23 December, 2020

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   • 1,000 views
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   • 23 December, 2020

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

   • Medicine - Acute internal
   • Surgery - General
   • (and 3 more)

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

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 3 January, 2019

   • 0 comments
   • 1,059 views
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   • 3 January, 2019

8. 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

   • 0 comments
   • 2,961 views
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   • 3 January, 2019

9. Infection prevention

   • Infection control

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 28 July, 2021

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   • 1,012 views
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   • 28 July, 2021

10. 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

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    • 339 views
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    • 25 April, 2023

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

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

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

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 24 April, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 318 views
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    • 24 April, 2023

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

    • Healthcare associated infection
    • Risk management
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

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

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 3 January, 2019

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    • 1,158 views
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    • 3 January, 2019

13. 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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    • 684 views
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    • 2 September, 2022

14. 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, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 539 views
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    • 24 February, 2023

15. 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

    • 0 comments
    • 127 views
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    • 22 February

16. Infection control matters: podcast series

    • Infection control
    • Healthcare associated infection

    By Patient Safety Learning, 6 November, 2021

    • 0 comments
    • 709 views
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    • 6 November, 2021

17. 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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    • 1,718 views
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    • 3 October, 2022

18. Association of Anaesthetists: Infection prevention and control 2020

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

      Tagged with:

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

    By Claire Cox, 26 February, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 1,070 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 26 February, 2020

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

    • Healthcare associated infection
    • Medical device / equipment
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

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

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 3 January, 2019

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    • 1,247 views
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    • 3 January, 2019

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

    • Healthcare associated infection
    • Risk management
    • (and 3 more)

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

    By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 3 January, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 4,806 views
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    • 3 January, 2019

21. 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

    • 0 comments
    • 887 views
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    • 9 November, 2020

22. 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)

      Tagged with:

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

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 30 December, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 366 views
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    • 30 December, 2022

23. 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
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

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

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 30 May, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 539 views
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    • 30 May, 2022

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

    • Infection control
    • Healthcare associated infection
    • (and 5 more)

      Tagged with:

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

    By Patient Safety Learning, 4 May, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 623 views
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    • 4 May, 2022

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

    • Medication
    • Infection control
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

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

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 24 January, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 1,028 views
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    • 24 January, 2022