This week (16 to 22 October) is International Infection Prevention Week (IIPW) which aims to shine a light on infection prevention each and every year.
This year’s theme is ‘The Future is Infection Prevention: 50 Years of Infection Prevention’ and recognises the decades of infection prevention throughout the last 50 years and the need to inspire the next generation of IPs to join the fight.
To read more about the history of IIPW visit: https://infectionpreventionandyou.org/iipw/history/
We have been celebrating the week with a number of events, including our senior nurses issuing a different message every day. One message was about how to ‘break the chain of infection’, with information on how the chain of an infection can be broken through a number of steps.
However, celebrating the work our IPC team do is not just for one week. Our infection prevention and control (IPC) team has been supporting us over the years from surges in HAI outbreaks, flu, E-coli, legionella and so many other day-to-day infections and we are extremely grateful.
The past two years have shown the crucial role that IPC teams across the NHS has played in supporting staff fighting the Covid-19 pandemic and none more so than the NHS Lanarkshire team.
