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Infection prevention and control

  • Quality standard
  • Reference number: QS61
  • Published:  17 April 2014
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  • Quality statements
  • Quality statement 1: Antimicrobial stewardship
  • Quality statement 2: Organisational responsibility
  • Quality statement 3: Hand decontamination
  • Quality statement 4: Urinary catheters
  • Quality statement 5: Vascular access devices
  • Quality statement 6: Educating people about infection prevention and control
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Update information

Minor changes since publication

March 2022: The source guidance section for statement 5 was updated. Data sources and links have been updated throughout.

September 2021: The source guidance for statement 1 was updated because it was replaced by recommendations in the NICE guidelines on antimicrobial stewardship: changing risk-related behaviours in the general population and antimicrobial stewardship: systems and processes for effective antimicrobial medicine use.

April 2019: References and source guidance sections have been updated throughout to align this quality standard with updated NICE guidance.

December 2016: Data source updated for statement 5.


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