This infection prevention and control policy manual is based on current evidence of best practice. It is an essential part of our approach to increasing the safety of healthcare by anticipating, reducing and managing risk.

The manual provides practical guidance on the standards of infection prevention and control that all staff are expected to follow. Implementing its contents complements the practical training that all staff are offered.

Together, these will reduce the risk of infection being transmitted between patients, between patients and staff and between patients, staff and visitors.

CP001 - Standard Precautions
CP002 - Hand Hygiene
CP003 and CP004 - Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and PPE Risk Assessment
CP005 - Laundry Policy and Classification of Used Linen
CP006 - Specimen Policy
CP007 - Transmission Based Precautions
CP008 - Waste Disposal
CP009 - Decontamination Policy
CP0010 - Food Hygiene
CP0011 - Admission Assessment for Infection
CP0012 - Chicken Pox
CP0013 - Clostridium difficile
CP0014 - Creutzfeldt Jacob Disease (CJD) supporting document: CJD Flow Chart
CP0015 - Group A Streptococcus
CP0016 - Head Lice
CP0017 - Influenza
CP0018 - Loose Stools
CP0019 - Meningococcal Policy
CP0020 - Meticillin Resistant Staphylcoccus aureus (MRSA)
CP0021 - Multi Resistant Gram Negative Organisms
CP0022 - Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
CP0023 - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
CP0024 - Scabies
CP0025 - Shingles
CP0026 - Tuberculosis (TB)
CP0027 - Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE)
CP0028 - Central Venous Catheters
CP0029 - Urinary Catheterisation
CP0030 - New Equipment Purchase for NHS
CP0031 - Last Offices
CP0032 - Major Outbreak Plan
CP0033 - Care and Management of Patient Beds, Mattresses and Trolleys