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