This Policy is one of the ‘Standard infection control precautions’ (SICPs) referred to as ‘Patient placement/assessment for infection risk’ by NHS England and NHS Improvement.
It is a requirement of the Health and Social Care Act 2008: Code of Practice on the prevention and control of infections and related guidance to provide suitable, accurate information on infections to service users, their visitors and any person concerned with providing further support or nursing/medical care in a timely fashion.
A downloadable Community Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Policy which can be adopted by your organisation is available below. Alternatively, a complete set of IPC Guidance documents is available to purchase @ £69.99 – details can be found on the flyer and resource order form
Updated: 05/05/2021
