5th May - WHO Hand hygiene day 2021 - Seconds save lives – clean your hands!

30 Apr 2021

New Aprons and Gowns literature review for SICPs and TBPs

24 Feb 2021

New management of care equipment literature review for SICPs and TBPs

24 Feb 2021

Update to Appendix 13 Mandatory Alert organisms/conditions - Staphylococcus aureus

24 Feb 2021

New literature review: Safe Management of the care environment (environmental cleaning) SICPs and TBPs

11 Jan 2021

Scottish COVID-19 Community Health and Care Settings Infection Prevention and Control Addendum now available

07 Jan 2021

Scottish COVID-19 care home infection prevention and control addendum now available

23 Dec 2020

COVID-19 updates to Chapter 3 and Acute Addendum

10 Dec 2020

New literature reviews on surgical face mask and eye/face protection for SICPs and TBPs

11 Nov 2020

Updated Appendix 5 - Glove selection chart

09 Nov 2020

Scottish COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control Addendum for Acute Settings now available

02 Nov 2020

Updated SBAR: Assessing the evidence base for medical procedures which create a higher risk of respiratory transmission from patient to healthcare worker.

19 Oct 2020

Updated literature reviews for Transmission Based Precautions Definitions and Safe Management of Linen

09 Oct 2020

Updates to section 1.2 Hand Hygiene

04 Sep 2020

Update to section 2.4 PPE and RPE

04 Sep 2020

Update to Appendix 11 for COVID-19

03 Sep 2020

Updated RPE literature review now available

17 Aug 2020

Updated literature review: Safe disposal of waste

06 Aug 2020

Updated literature review: Blood and body fluid spillages

05 Aug 2020

New literature review Hand Hygiene: Hand washing, hand rubbing and indications for hand hygiene.

23 Jul 2020