It covers responsibilities for organisations, staff and infection prevention and control teams. It also sets out how and when to decontaminate hands. The national policy aims to: support a common ...

Another aspect of infection control is the psychological impact of isolation precautions on patients. A study focusing on patients under isolation found that these precautions could negatively ...

Standard infection control precautions may be insufficient to prevent cross transmission of specific infectious agents and additional precautions called “transmission based precautions” (TBP) may be ...

Key unanswered questions regarding IPC for CF patients include how to schedule patients in clinic and what Airborne Precautions to take for cases of suspected NTM infection. In 2014, an update to the ...

after coughing or sneezing (standard respiratory virus precautions). Common patient waiting areas should be maintained with adequate airflow, i.e., open windows, running fans and/or HEPA filters that ...