Guidelines for Infection Prevention and Control
- Emergency Management of Injuries Toolkit (HPSC 2013)
Please note that these links to external sites are provided for your convenience. The ISCM takes neither credit nor responsibility for their content. The guidelines are in alphabetical order by subject.
- National Guidelines for the Prevention of Nosocomial Invasive Aspergillosis during Construction/Renovation activities (HPSC 2002)
- Biological Threat Agents (HPSC 2002)
- Infection Prevention and Control Building Guidelines for Acute Hospitals in Ireland (HPSC 2009)
- CRE Toolkit – Guidance for Control of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CDC 2012)
- ESCMID guidelines for the management of the infection control measures to reduce transmission of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria in hospitalized patients (ESCMID 2014)
- Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Multi-drug resistant organisms (MDRO) excluding MRSA in the healthcare setting (HPSC 2013)
- Guidelines for the Emergency Management of Injuries (including needlestick and sharps injuries, sexual exposure and human bites) (HPSC 2012) Toolkit (2013)
- epic3: National Evidence-Based Guidelines for Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections in NHS Hospitals in England (2014)
- Infection control guidance for care homes (DoH 2006)
- SHEA/APIC Guideline: Infection Prevention and Control in the Long-Term Care Facility (SHEA/APIC 2008)
- Infection: prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections in primary and community care (NICE 2012)
- Interim Guidelines on the Prevention and Management of Influenza Outbreaks in Residential Care Facilities in Ireland 2011/2012 (HPSC 2012)
- Surveillance, Diagnosis and Management of Clostridium difficile-Associated Disease in Ireland (HPSC 2008)
- Surveillance, Diagnosis and Management of Clostridium difficile Infection in Ireland Update of 2008 Guidance (HPSC 2013)
- Report of the Waterborne Cryptosporidiosis Subcommittee (HPSC 2004)
- Preventing Foodborne Disease: a Focus on the Infected Food Handler (HPSC 2004)
- Guidelines for Hand Hygiene in Irish Health Care Settings (HPSC 2005)
- Immunisation Guidelines for Ireland (HPSC 2008)
- Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infection in Ireland (HPSC 2009)
- National Guidelines for the Control of Legionellosis in Ireland (HPSC 2009)
- Guidelines for Control of Measles in Ireland (HPSC 2002)
- the Control and Prevention of MRSA in Hospitals and in the Community (HPSC 2005)
- Guidance on the Management of Outbreaks of Noroviral Infection in Tourist and Leisure Industry Settings (HPSC 2007)
- National Guidelines on the Management of Outbreaks of Norovirus Infection in Healthcare Settings (HPSC 2005)
- Irish Phlebotomy Guidelines (PAI 2010)
- Infection Prevention and Control for Primary Care in Ireland, a Guide for General Practice
- Guidelines on Minimising the Risk of Transmission of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies in Healthcare Settings in Ireland (HPSC 2004)
- Public Health Operational Guidelines for Typhoid and Paratyphoid (Enteric Fever) (HPA 2012)
- Guidelines for the Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Adults in ireland (HPSC 2011)
- The Management of Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers in Ireland (HPSC 2002)