Updated AGP list added to Appendix 11, footnote 3

20 Jul 2020

Updated Hand Hygiene Literature reviews - Products, Skin Care, Surgical Hand Antisepsis in the clinical area

13 Jul 2020

Update to AGP list in Appendix 11 - Best Practice Aide Memoire for patient placement and RPE for infectious agents while a patient is in hospital

13 May 2020

Addition of SBAR assessing the evidence base for medical procedures which create higher risk of respiratory infection transmission from patient to healthcare worker

13 May 2020

Update to AGPs list in Appendix 11, footnote 3

30 Mar 2020

Update to requirements for using a full face visor as PPE/RPE

12 Mar 2020

Video for donning and doffing of PPE for healthcare workers in primary care settings is now available

11 Mar 2020

Updated AGP added to Appendix 11 and AGP literature review - addition of high flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) as an AGP

11 Mar 2020

Updated literature reviews – eye/face protection and surgical face mask

24 Feb 2020

Update to Section 2.3 - Management of the care environment - decontamination of vacated rooms following an AGP.

30 Jan 2020

Updates made to Appendix 11 - Best Practice - Aide Memoire for Optimal Patient Placement and Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE) for Infectious agents whilst a patient is in hospital

02 Dec 2019

Updates made to Appendix 13 - Mandatory Alert Organism/Condition list

29 Nov 2019

Aerosol Generating Procedures (AGPs) Literature review now available

08 Nov 2019

Updated development process/methodology now available

08 Nov 2019

New aide-memoire: Prevention and management of healthcare ventilation system-associated infection incidents/outbreaks

31 Oct 2019

Final version of Clinical Risk Assessment for Neonatal Units is now available

23 Aug 2019

New Aide Memoire - Prevention and management of healthcare water-associated infection incidents/outbreaks

23 Aug 2019

Text updates in the NIPCM

08 Mar 2019

New Appendix 16 Best Practice - Aide Memoire for levels of PPE for healthcare workers when providing patient care

18 Feb 2019

Updated HIIAT and HIIORT now available on the NIPCM

01 Feb 2019