Guidance and publications
Published on 06 October 2021
Guidance and publications are available for care homes and care and community health and social care providing key information on infection prevention and control in.
- Norovirus for care homes
- Influenza for care homes
- Guidance on Prevention and Control of Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) in Health and Social Care Settings in Scotland
- Animals in care settings: infection prevention and control guidelines.
- Toolkit for managing carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) in Scottish non-acute care settings
- A range of information leaflets are available to download, with alternative language versions where available.
- Healthcare associated infection (HAI): Information for the public
- Washing clothes at home - information for people in hospitals or care homes and their relatives
- Advice leaflet for individuals receiving care at home or in the community who have an infection with, or are colonised by carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE)
- Clostridioides difficile infection - information for people who are getting care, their visitors, and anyone else who is in a healthcare setting
- Group A Streptococcal infection. Information for Patients
- Group A Streptococcus - Information leaflet for healthcare workers