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Policies/Government guidance

Guidance for the safe managment of linen in residential, nursing or other social healthcare environments.

Guidance on management of scabies cases and outbreaks in long-term care facilitities and other closed settings

Infection Prevention and control - Resource for Adult Social Care

Care Home outbreak testing for COVID-19 flowchart: staff and residents

Guidelines for the management of contacts of invasive group A streptococcus (iGAS) infection in community settings

Health and Social Care Act 2008: code of practice on the prevention and control of infections and related guidance

PHE Guidance on outgreaks of influenza (flu) in care homes

D & V Checklist

Monkeypox: contact information sheet for category 2 contacts

Summary of changes to COVID-19 guidance for Adult Social Care providers

COVID-19 testing in adult social care

COVID-19 supplement to the infection prevention and control resource for adult social care

Infection prevention and control: resource for adult social care

COVID-19 personal protective equipment use for non-aerosol generating procedures

Transparent face mask technical specification

Specification for Hand Wash

National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness 2021

National infection and prevention control manual for England - April 2022

The Framework for Enhanced Health in Care Homes

Education

South Tyneside and Sunderland

2025 World Hand Hygiene Day presentation

MRSA Awareness powerpoint presentation

UTI powerpoint presentation

South Tyneside

Hand Hygiene powerpoint

C-Diff workbook

Common cold and cough workbook

Flu information workbook

Norovirus workbook

Pneumonia and Chest Infections

Sunderland

Hand Hygiene powerpoint

C-Diff workbook

Common cold and cough workbook

Flu information workbook

Norovirus workbook

Pneumonia and Chest Infections

Newsletters

IPC Care Home Newsletter - MRSA - April 2025

IPC Care Home Newsletter - Catheter - March 2025

IPC Care Home Newsletter - Sepsis - September 2024

IPC Care Home Newsletter - User Guide to Application of Prontoderm

IPC Care Home Newsletter - Think Hydration - August 2024

Guidance for Christmas Decorations - Winter Edition 2023

IPC Care Homes Newsletter - Halloween 2023 Edition

IPC Care Homes Newsletter - Issue 20 - September 2023

IPC Care Homes Newsletter - Issue 19 - June 2023

IPC Care Homes Newsletter - Issue 18 - May 2023

IPC Care Homes Newsletter (MRSA) - Easter 2023

IPC Care Home Newsletter (Nutrition & Hydration) - Issue 16 - March 2023

IPC Care Home Newsletter - Issue 15 - March 2023

IPC Care Home Newsletter - Issue 14 - January 2023

IPC Care Home Newsletter - Issue 13 - Winter 2022

IPC Care Home Newsletter - Issue 12 - November 2022

IPC Care Homes Newsletter - Issue 11 - Halloween Edition

IPC Care Homes Newsletter - Issue 10 October 2022

IPC Care Homes Newsletter - Issue 9 September 2022

IPC Care Homes newsletter - Issue 8 August 2022

IPC Care Homes Newsletter - Issue 7 July 2022

IPC Care Homes newsletter - Issue 6 June 2022

IPC Care Homes newsletter - Issue 5 Platinum Jubilee June 2022

IPC Care Homes newsletter - Issue 4 May 2022

IPC Care Homes newsletter - Issue 3 Spring 2022

IPC Care Homes newsletter - Issue 2 Winter 2021

IPC Care Homes newsletter - Issue 1 Christmas 2021

Posters

Guidance for the safe managment of linen in residential, nursing or other social healthcare environments.

TARGET UTI leaflet for older adults

I-Spy Norovirus

You have the power to prevent antimicrobial resistance

We're in this together

Antibiotial resistance is not a small-scale issue, we're dealilng with a global health crisis.

Antibiotics are losing their power

What does antimicrobial resistance mean for everyone?

The benefits of timely antibiotic IV to oral switch

Sharpsafe Temporary Closure

Cleaning and Decontamination

Hand-washing technique with soap and water

Colour coding - Sunderland

Colour coding South Tyneside

Handwashing - Sunderland

Handwashing - South Tyneside

Return to Community Infection and Prevention Control Team

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