News and Updates
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
Update to HIIAT Green SOP, Protocol and Template
28 Jan 2019
Updated Appendix 12 now available
21 Dec 2018
New literature review: Infection prevention and control for patients with cystic fibrosis
02 Nov 2018
New resource: A National Monitoring Framework to support Safe and Clean audit programmes
02 Nov 2018
Addition of Addendum for Cystic Fibrosis patients
01 Nov 2018
Updated literature review for 'Infection Control during Care of the Deceased'
01 Oct 2018