Antimicrobial resistance and healthcare associated infection (ARHAI) Scotland has started the transition period to move away from Covid-19 specific guidance and revert back to the national infection prevention and control manual (NIPCM). The winter respiratory IPC addendum will only be available until Monday 11 July. Thereafter the relevant IPC guidelines contained within the addendum will transfer to the NIPCM. The information is detailed within a transition graphic and transition document.
Public Health Scotland pandemic guidance is available via the Public Health Scotland website.
Senior nurse, infection prevention and control, Nicola Miller, stated: “This is a welcome return to the national infection prevention and control manual, which will allow us to return to patient-placement based on risk-assessment in conjunction with the application of routine standard infection control precautions and transmission based precautions.
“The NHS Lanarkshire IPC team will continue to drive quality and excellence in care using this more standardised approach that aligns with our core IPC activities and ensures patient safety remains paramount.”
To replace the winter respiratory IPC addendum there is the addition to the NIPCM of Appendix 22 – ‘Community infection’.
Prevention and control Covid-19 pandemic. This incorporates Covid-19 specific guidance for staff to continue to manage patients safely, including the extended use of face masks guidance that currently remains in effect within NHS Lanarkshire.
Senior nurse, infection prevention and control, Lee Macready, added: “The relaunch of the Public Health Scotland national infection prevention and control manual will enable NHS Lanarkshire to resume its business-as-usual activities safely and ensures that staff have clear and easy-to-follow guidance that should, once again, streamline and standardise practices as we continue to transition from the pandemic.”
The Public Health Scotland website provides pathogen specific information – go to A-Z of pathogens.
NIPCM Index
- About the Manual
- Responsibilities
- Chapter 1 – Standard Infection Control Precautions (SICPs)
- Chapter 2 – Transmission Based Precautions (TBPs)
- Chapter 3 – Healthcare Infection Incidents, Outbreaks and Data Exceedance
- Chapter 4 – Infection Control in the Built Environment and Decontamination
- Winter (21/22), Respiratory Infections in Health and Care Settings Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Addendum
- Addendum for Infection Prevention and Control within Neonatal Settings (NNU)
- A-Z Pathogens
- Glossary
- Appendices
- Resources
