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Healthcare-associated infections: prevention and control

  • Public health guideline
  • Reference number: PH36
  • Published:  11 November 2011
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  • Overview
  • Introduction
  • Quality improvement statement 1: Board-level leadership to prevent HCAIs
  • Quality improvement statement 2: Be a learning organisation
  • Quality improvement statement 3: HCAI surveillance
  • Quality improvement statement 4: Workforce capacity and capability
  • Quality improvement statement 5: Environmental cleanliness
  • Quality improvement statement 6: Multi-agency working to reduce HCAIs
  • Quality improvement statement 7: Communication
  • Quality improvement statement 8: Admission, discharge and transfer
  • Quality improvement statement 9: Patient and public involvement
  • Quality improvement statement 10: Trust estate management
  • Quality improvement statement 11: New technology and innovation
  • Glossary
  • Supporting documents
  • Finding more information and committee details
  • Update information

Finding more information and committee details

To find NICE guidance on related topics, including guidance in development, see the NICE topic page on healthcare-associated infections.

For full details of how this guide was developed, see the topic briefing paper and history of development process.

NICE has produced tools and resources to help you put this guide into practice. For general help and advice on putting our guidelines into practice, see resources to help you put NICE guidance into practice.


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