Guidelines

• Antimicrobial stewardship: Guidance for all healthcare settings

Core Infection Prevention and Control Knowledge and Skills: A framework document

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Publication Date: May 2015

Guidelines for hand hygiene in Irish healthcare settings (2015) Update of 2005 guidelines

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Publication Date: January 2015

Infection Prevention and Control for Primary Care in Ireland, a Guide for General Practice

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Publication Date: April 2014
The Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines for Primary Care have been produced under the auspices of the National Clinical Programme for HCAI & AMR prevention in collaboration with the Irish College of General Practitioners. These guidelines provide advice for infection prevention and control in Irish general practice and includes information on: How might a patient acquire an infection while in the general practice environment? Details of Standard & Transmission based precautions including hand hygiene, Personal protective equipment (PPE) Audit tools to assess current practices and plan for future practice development and training Staff immunisation Management of sharps, blood and vomit spills, clinical waste Decontamination of reusable medical equipment Cleaning and/or decontamination of common items of medical equipment and the general practice environment

National Clinical Guidelines on the Surveillance, Diagnosis and Management of C. difficile Infection in Ireland

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Publication Date: 12 June 2014

Guidelines for Control and Prevention of Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms (MDRO) Excluding MRSA in the Healthcare Setting

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Publication Date: Updated July 2014
In July 2014, the MDRO Committee published an update to Section 3 ‘Resistant Enterobacteriaceae’, specifically new guidelines on screening for carriage of resistant Enterobacteriaceae in Ireland’. This new guidance is published as a separate document to accompany the existing MDRO guidelines and it may be downloaded at the link below.

Screening for Carriage of Resistant Enterobacteriaceae in Ireland - updated guidelines

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Publication Date: Updated July 2014

Guidelines for the Prevention of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection

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Publication Date: September 2011

Guidelines for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia in adults in Ireland

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Publication Date: 30 March 2011

Infection Prevention and Control Building Guidelines for Acute Hospitals in Ireland (2009)

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Publication Date: 2009

Additional Guidelines

The following guidelines are also relevant to infection control teams:

National Guidelines for the Control of Legionellosis in Ireland, 2009

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Publication Date: September 2009

National Guidelines On The Management Of Outbreaks Of Norovirus Infection In Healthcare Settings (2003) *** UNDER REVIEW - DECEMBER 2023***

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Publication Date: 2003
This Guidance document was originally published in 2003. It has been fully reviewed (December 2023) and is fit for purpose, when used in conjunction with the NCEC’s Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) National Clinical Guideline No. 30 - Volume 1. 

Prevention and Control Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) National Clinical Guideline No. 2 December 2013

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Publication Date: December 2013

Prevention and Control Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) National Clinical Guideline Summary December 2013

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Publication Date: December 2013

National Guidelines for the Prevention of Nosocomial Aspergillosis

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Publication Date: January 2018

Appendix D: Sample template of a hospital policy document on infection prevention and control recommendations for the prevention of nosocomial invasive aspergillosis during hospital construction or renovation

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Publication Date: January 2018

Infection Prevention and Control: An information booklet for home helps and personal assistants

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Publication Date: Updated September 2014
A new booklet on infection prevention and control in the home setting has been published in conjunction with the National Clinical Programme on healthcare-associated infection (HCAI) and (AMR) prevention. The booklet aims to provide home helps and personal assistants with common sense information on infection prevention and control in the home setting. Staff seeking further information should refer to their local infection prevention and control guidelines by contacting their line manager, local Public Health Nurse or Infection Prevention and Control Nurse.This booklet was adapted from a booklet that was originally developed by Ms Liz Forde, Patricia Coughlan and Máire Flynn (Community and Disability Infection Prevention and Control Nurses in HSE South (Cork & Kerry)) and has been approved by the Royal College of Physicians Healthcare-associated Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance Clinical Advisory Group (RCPI HCAI/AMR CAG).