National Patient Safety Alert November 2019
Posted on: 03/12/2019
Risk of death and severe harm from ingesting superabsorbent polymer gel granules Alert issued by NHS England and NHS Improvement. Please note the use of polymer gel granules should now not be used. PS_Alert_Polymer_28_Nov_2019_FINALDownload
IPC Bulletin for Care Homes
Posted on: 19/11/2019
To support Care Homes, the Bulletins contain information on good infection prevention and control (IPC) practice and research from some of the latest CQC Inspection Reports. The Bulletins contain top IPC tips for good practice and pre-CQC visit recommendations. Size: [...]
Care Home feedback
Posted on: 30/10/2019
“Seriously, your tools are a wonderful aid for us in care home land. We don’t usually have the luxury of a team of specialist nurses/microbiologists, etc. at our disposal, and those of us that wear the IPC hat are solo [...]
Good hydration! Improving hydration for care home residents
Posted on: 17/09/2019
A series of six films which aim to help care home staff keep their residents happy, healthy and hydrated.
Revised and updated Care Home IPC Policies
Posted on: 25/06/2019
Our revised and updated Community Infection Prevention and Control Policies for Care Home settings are now available to download or purchase.
Cumbria County Council bespoke policies
Posted on: 29/10/2015
Cumbria County Council works with the Infection Prevention and Control Team. Cumbria County Council owns some twenty-nine residential care homes for older adults, a similar number of day care services as well as services for people with mental health and [...]