Infection Prevention and Control Resources

This page will be updated periodically with the most recent useful links and resources on infection prevention and control. If you know of a relevant resource or an updated version, please contact Charlotte Fry.

Please note, the QICN is not responsible for the content of third-party documents or links shared on our website. Information is presented for information only and does not necessarily imply endorsement of any of the views expressed.

Infection Prevention and Control

• www.infectionpreventioncontrol.co.uk is a website where you can find resources such as monthly bulletins for care homes and domiciliary care and information about Harrogate IPC Workbook.
• Hand hygiene information leaflet for community service users and relatives.
• Your 5 moments for hand hygiene for Care Homes Poster.
• Your 5 moments for hand hygiene for Domiciliary Care Poster.
• Wearing a mask: do’s and don’ts.

I spy posters

• I spy AMR poster
• I spy CDI poster
• I spy Flu poster
• I spy MRSA poster
• I spy Norovirus poster
• I spy Gastroenteritis poster

With thanks to Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust for sharing the posters. Please note: do not amend these posters or snip the content.

Recognising and Responding to Infection

• RESTORE2 film
• RESTORE2 resources
• RESTORE2 (healthinnovationwessex.org.uk)
• Clinical tools – The UK Sepsis Trust

DHSC Guidance

• Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) in adult social care: acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) – GOV.UK
• COVID-19: guidance for people whose immune system means they are at higher risk – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• Guide to donning (putting on) and doffing (removing) PPE (non AGP) in adult social care settings (text only version) – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• IPC Good Practice Guide – an introduction from the Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care, Professor Deborah Sturdy OBE
• Health and Social Care Act 2008: code of practice on the prevention and control of infections and related guidance – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• Infection prevention and control in adult social care settings – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• Hot weather and health: guidance and advice – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• ARI IPC guidance. DHSC Letter (skillsforcare.org.uk)
• Communicable disease outbreak management: appendices (publishing.service.gov.uk)
• Managing outbreaks and incidents – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

UKHSA

• Tuberculosis (TB) cases continue to rise in England in 2023 – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• Guidelines for the management of norovirus outbreaks in acute and community health and social care settings (publishing.service.gov.uk) March 2012
• UKHSA guidance on the management of scabies cases and outbreaks in long-term care facilities and other closed settings – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) January 2023
• Group A Streptococcus – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) 2023
• UK guidelines for the management of contacts of invasive group A streptococcus (iGAS) infection in community settings (publishing.service.gov.uk) March 2023
• Actions to contain carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (publishing.service.gov.uk) September 2022

UKHSA Blogs

• Should we be worried about the new COVID-19 variant? – UK Health Security Agency (blog.gov.uk)
• Get Winter Strong: revisiting respiratory infection guidance for a safer season – UK Health Security Agency (blog.gov.uk)
• Get Winter Strong: why having a flu vaccination matters – UK Health Security Agency (blog.gov.uk)
• Getting a head start on flu and other infections – Social care (blog.gov.uk)
• Norovirus: What to do if you catch it and helping to stop the spread – UK Health Security Agency (blog.gov.uk)

NHS England

• NHS England » National standards of healthcare cleanliness 2025
• NHS England » National infection prevention and control manual for England – appendices
• Hand Hygiene
• Bare below the elbows – hand hygiene – YouTube
• NHS England » National infection prevention and control manual (NIPCM) for England
• Health Technical Memorandum 07-01: Safe and sustainable management of healthcare waste (england.nhs.uk) March 2023

CQC (Care Quality Commission)

• Infection prevention and control in care homes

World Health Organization

• WHO Global strategy on infection prevention and control

QICN IPC meetings

Click here to view the summaries from previous IPC meetings.

IPC Projects

• Vivaldi Social Care animation film: a project designed to reduce infections and improve lives.

Oral Care

• Smiling matters: Oral health in care homes – progress report – Care Quality Commission (cqc.org.uk)
• Fluoride Interventions to prevent dental decay in care home residents (FInCH): A cluster randomised feasibility study – King’s College London (kcl.ac.uk)

Hydration & Urinary Tract Infections

• E coli Prevention Film
• Urinary Tract Infections – leaflet for older adults and carers
• The I-Hydrate project
• Hydration – Stay Well Dorset
• Measuring outcome data – Patient Safety Oxford
• Urinary tract infection: diagnostic tools for primary care – GOV.UK
• Urological Infections – INTRODUCTION – Uroweb
• Avoiding infections with urinary incontinence – YouTube
• CAUTI Poster: https://www.leedscommunityhealthcare.nhs.uk/seecmsfile/?id=3486
• Guidance on UTI for care home staff – Infection Prevention Control
• Preventative measures for care home staff to help reduce UTIs – Infection Prevention Control
• Preventing dehydration Poster – Infection Prevention Control
• Reduce the risk of catheter associated urinary tract infection – Infection Prevention Control
• Urine colour guide Poster for Care Homes and Domiciliary Care – Infection Prevention Control

Catheter Care

• Procedure for changing a catheter leg bag in Care Home settings – Infection Prevention Control
• Procedure for emptying a catheter bag in Care Home settings – Infection Prevention Control
• Procedure for attaching a catheter night bag in Care Home settings – Infection Prevention Control
• Procedure for changing a catheter leg bag for Domiciliary Care staff – Infection Prevention Control
• Procedure for emptying a catheter bag for Domiciliary Care staff – Infection Prevention Control
• Procedure for attaching a catheter night bag for Domiciliary Care staff – Infection Prevention Control

The latest Bulletin from the Community Infection Prevention and Control Team focuses on: ‘Urinary Catheters’.

https://www.infectionpreventioncontrol.co.uk/news/ipc-bulletin-for-gp-practice-staff/

https://www.infectionpreventioncontrol.co.uk/news/ipc-bulletin-for-care-homes/

https://www.infectionpreventioncontrol.co.uk/news/ipc-bulletin-for-domiciliary-care/

Parasitic Infections

• Independent Nurse – Mites, Ticks and Lice: evolution’s irritating survivors

Scabies

• UKHSA guidance on the management of scabies cases and outbreaks in long-term care facilities and other closed settings – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• Scabies outbreaks in residential care homes: factors associated with late recognition, burden and impact. A mixed methods study in England – PubMed (nih.gov)
• The management of scabies outbreaks in residential care facilities for the elderly in England: a review of current health protection guidelines – PubMed (nih.gov)
• Mafia Mites Animation
• www.pcds.org.uk/clinical-guidance/scabies

Bed Bugs

• www.bedbugfoundation.org
• Bed Bugs: Images, Eradication, and More — DermNet (dermnetnz.org)

Gastrointestinal Infections and Outbreak Management

• infectionpreventioncontrol.co.uk/resources/viral-gastroenteritis-outbreak-management-pack-for-care-homes/
• infectionpreventioncontrol.co.uk/resources/viral-gastroenteritis-outbreak-management-pack-for-domiciliary-care/
• infectionpreventioncontrol.co.uk/news/supporting-safer-visiting-in-care-homes-during-outbreaks-of-infection-leaflet/
• Viral gastroenteritis Factsheet (infectionpreventioncontrol.co.uk)
• Supporting safer visiting in care homes during infectious illness outbreaks – GOV.UK
• Specimen collection 3: obtaining a faecal specimen from a patient with diarrhoea | Nursing Times
• UK Standards for Microbiology Investigations (rcpath.org)
• S 7 – Gastroenteritis (rcpath.org)
• Management of Gastrointestinal Infections 2019 (publishing.service.gov.uk)
• Chain of infection (scot.nhs.uk)
• Vomiting Larry: a simulated vomiting system for assessing environmental contamination from projectile vomiting related to norovirus infection – PMC (nih.gov)
• Norovirus seasonality and the potential impact of climate change – ScienceDirect

M-pox

• Mpox (monkeypox): guidance – GOV.UK
• Mpox clade I returning workers scheme – GOV.UK

Hand Hygiene and Glove Use

• Hand hygiene: top tips for skin health and glove use | RCN Magazine | Royal College of Nursing
• How-to-care-for-your-hands-PIL-Nov-2023.pdf (bad.org.uk)
• https://cdn.bad.org.uk/uploads/2021/12/29200149/RCP-BAD-BOHRF-FOM-HWDU-Contact-dermatitis.pdf
• infectionpreventioncontrol.co.uk/resources/hand-hygiene-audit-tool-for-care-homes/
• infectionpreventioncontrol.co.uk/resources/hand-hygiene-audit-tool-for-domiciliary-care/
• infectionpreventioncontrol.co.uk/resources/hand-hygiene-training-interactive-exercises/
• The Invisible Challenge: youtube.com/watch?v=9R8fHo6WfzY
• Glove Awareness Week Resources | Royal College of Nursing (rcn.org.uk)
• Sustainability in Adult Social Care: Reducing the Use of Gloves and Plastics – The Queen’s Nursing Institute (qni.org.uk)
• Switching from disposable to reusable PPE | Sustainable Healthcare Networks Hub

Wellbeing

• Self-help – NHS
• Mental wellbeing audio guides – NHS
• Self-help therapies – NHS
• NHS England » Wellbeing conversations
• NHS England » Professional nurse advocate
• NHS England » Civility and Respect
• Overview | Mental wellbeing at work | Guidance | NICE
• Five ways to wellbeing – Mind
• Useful resources – Mind
• Wellbeing (skillsforcare.org.uk)
• Bitesize learning – Leadership Academy
• Supporting mental health at work – Acas
• 20-minute suicide awareness training (zerosuicidealliance.com) This free course focuses on breaking stigma and encouraging open conversations.

Support for Social Care Workers

• The Care Workers Charity
• Mental health and bereavement support for care workers
• Junius S. Morgan Benevolent Fund
• Cavell Nurses Trust

Do you know a relevant resource on infection prevention and control or an updated version? Please let us know by contacting Charlotte Fry.

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