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Healthcare-associated infections: prevention and control in primary and community care

  • Clinical guideline
  • Reference number: CG139
  • Published:  28 March 2012
  • Last updated:  15 February 2017
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  1. Education
  2. Audit and service improvement
  3. Research recommendations
  4. Guidance into practice

Tools and resources

Tools to help you put the guidance into practice.

Education

  • Quick guide: Helping to prevent infection - for managers and staff in care homes

  • Quick guide: Understanding intermediate care, including reablement - for people using intermediate care services

Audit and service improvement

  • Baseline assessment tool (Excel 718 KB)

    Published:
    28 March 2012

Research recommendations

  • Research recommendations information

Guidance into practice

  • About the Into practice guide

  • Practical steps to improving the quality of care and services using NICE guidance