The following IPC Audit Tools for General Practice are available as part of the IPC CQC Assurance Preparation Pack, or can be purchased separately. The timescales for undertaking an audit are indicated in the title of each.
- SICPs Assurance: Annual IPC Audit Tool for General Practice
- Aseptic technique competency: Annual Assessment Tool for General Practice
- Hand hygiene compliance: Audit Tool for General Practice
- PPE compliance: Audit Tool for General Practice (Putting on and removing)
The SICPs Assurance Audit Tool should be used in conjunction with NHS England’s National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness (NSoHC) 2021:
- ‘National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness Cleaning Audit Score Sheet’ adapted for use in General Practice
- ‘National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness Efficacy Checklist’
The ‘IPC CQC inspection preparation Pack for General Practice’ is available to purchase at £100.00 for a printed copy or £90.00 as a digital resource (including £40.00 worth of posters) and in addition to the audit tools, also contains:
- The ‘Code of practice compliance: Annual IPC Assurance Tool’ which is an in-depth Assurance Tool (48 pages) to guide you through the complex process of ensuring you have the correct documented evidence and actions required to demonstrate infection prevention and control compliance against each of the 10 criterion of the Health and Social Care Act 2008: code of practice on the prevention and control of infections and related guidance
- ‘Infection Prevention and Control: National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness in General Practice’ (39 pages) to guide you through implementation of the National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness
The latest version of the General Practice CQC Pack has been streamlined and the new ‘SICPs Assurance: Annual IPC Audit Tool for General Practice’ removes duplication between the NSoHC and previous IPC Audit Tools.
Page updated: 07/08/2026
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