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Healthcare-associated infections

Quality standard [QS113] Published date: 11 February 2016

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  • Overview
  • Introduction
  • List of quality statements
  • Quality statement 1: Surveillance
  • Quality statement 2: Collaborative action
  • Quality statement 3: Responsibilities of hospital staff
  • Quality statement 4: Planning, design and management of hospital facilities
  • Quality statement 5: Admission, discharge and transfer
  • Using the quality standard
  • Diversity, equality and language
  • Development sources
  • Related NICE quality standards
  • Quality Standards Advisory Committee and NICE project team
  • About this quality standard
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Related NICE quality standards

Related NICE quality standards

  • Flu vaccination: increasing uptake. NICE quality standard 190 (2020)

  • Sepsis. NICE quality standard 161 (2017, updated 2020)

  • Antimicrobial stewardship. NICE quality standard 121 (2016)

  • Neonatal infection. NICE quality standard 75 (2014)

  • Infection prevention and control. NICE quality standard 61 (2014)

  • Surgical site infection. NICE quality standard 49 (2013)

  • Patient experience in adult NHS services. NICE quality standard 15 (2012, updated 2019)

The full list of quality standard topics referred to NICE is available from the quality standards topic library on the NICE website.


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