The Health Protection Team provide IPC support to our Adult Social Care providers which includes monitoring and promoting IPC initiatives. For example, those aimed and reducing infections associated with healthcare and reducing antimicrobial resistance. We also carry out IPC audits and provide training programmes for our providers.
We provide IPC outbreak support and management to:
- nursing and residential homes
- supported living residential homes
- some day care services
- some domiciliary care settings
IPC policies for domiciliary care staff
IPC policies for care homes
IPC newsletters
We produce monthly newsletters for our staff and partners. You can find editions from the last twelve months below:
- Infection prevention team newsletter December 2024 (PDF , 183KB)
- Infection prevention team newsletter November 2024 (PDF , 153KB)
- Infection prevention team newsletter October 2024 (PDF , 150KB)
- Infection prevention team newsletter September 2024 (PDF , 174KB)
- Infection prevention team newsletter August 2024 (PDF , 176KB)
- Infection prevention team newsletter July 2024 (PDF , 152KB)
- Infection prevention team newsletter June 2024 (PDF , 174KB)
- Infection prevention team newsletter May 2024 (PDF , 184KB)
- Infection prevention team newsletter April 2024 (PDF , 144KB)
- Infection prevention team newsletter March 2024 (PDF , 131KB)
- Infection prevention team newsletter February 2024 (PDF , 134KB)
- Infection prevention team newsletter January 2024 (PDF , 155KB)
IPC policies
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust have produced generic IPC policy documents for a number of healthcare settings. You can download documents for each policy and related information.
Domiciliary care policies
IPC policies for domiciliary care staff include:
- Antimicrobial stewardship policy for domiciliary care staff
- Blood-borne viruses (BBVs) policy for domiciliary care staff
- Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) policy for domiciliary care staff
- Enteral tube feeding policy for domiciliary care staff
- Hand hygiene policy for domiciliary care staff
- Isolation policy for domiciliary care staff
- Multi-resistant Gram-negative bacteria (MRGNB) including carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) policy for domiciliary care staff
- Meticillin-resistant staphylococcis aureus (MRSA) policy for domiciliary care staff
- Outbreaks of communicable infection policy for domiciliary care staff
- Patient placement and assessment for infection risk policy for domiciliary care staff
- Personal protective equipment (PPE) policy for domiciliary care staff
- Respiratory and cough hygiene policy for domiciliary care staff
- Respiratory illnesses policy for domiciliary care staff
- Safe disposal of waste, including sharps policy for domiciliary care staff
- Safe management of blood and body fluid spillages policy for domiciliary care staff
- Safe management of care equipment policy for domiciliary care staff
- Safe management of linen, including uniforms and workwear policy for domiciliary care staff
- Safe management of sharps and inoculation injuries policy for domiciliary care staff
- Safe management of the care environment policy for domiciliary care staff
- Scabies policy for domiciliary care staff
- Standard infection control precautions (SICPs) and transmission based precautions (TBPs) policy for domiciliary care staff
- Specimen collection policy for domiciliary care staff
- Urinary catheter care policy for domiciliary Care staff
- Viral gastroenteritis and norovirus policy for domiciliary care staff
Care home policies
IPC policies for care homes include:
- Animals in a care home setting policy for care home settings
- Antimicrobial stewardship policy for care home settings
- Aseptic technique policy for care home settings
- BBVs policy for care home settings
- C. difficile policy for care home settings
- Care of the deceased Policy for Care Home settings
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) policy for care home settings
- Enteral tube feeding policy for care home settings
- Hand hygiene policy for care home settings
- Invasive devices policy for care home settings
- Isolation policy for care home settings
- MRGNB including CPE policy for care home settings
- MRSA policy for care home settings
- Outbreaks of communicable disease policy for care home settings
- Patient placement and assessment for infection risk policy for care home settings
- PPE policy for care home settings
- Respiratory and cough hygiene policy for care home settings
- Respiratory illnesses policy for care home settings
- Safe disposal of waste, including sharps policy for care home settings
- Safe management of blood and body fluid spillages policy for care home settings
- Safe management of care equipment policy for care home settings
- Safe management of linen, including uniforms and workwear policy for care home settings
- Safe management of sharps and inoculation injuries policy for care home settings
- Safe management of the care environment policy for care home settings
- Scabies Policy for care home settings
- SICPs and TBPs policy for care home settings
- Specimen collection policy for care home settings
- Urinary catheter care policy for care home settings
- Venepuncture policy for care home settings
- Viral gastroenteritis and norovirus policy for care home settings