Links

UK government home page
UK official documents on the internet - The Stationery Office web page
House of Lords report on antibiotic resistance
The DH Controls Assurance Pages
The National Electronic Library for Health"
The Health Protection Agency - Home page
DoH publications on the internet
DoH circulars on the internet - COIN database

DoH Decontamination Programme

DoH Decontamination E Learning Programme
DoH VHF guidelines - Viral haemorraghic fever guidelines
DoH BBV guidelines - Protection of health care workers from blood borne viruses
United Kingdom Nursing and Midwifery Council
MDA - the Medical Devices Agency home page
National Audit Office report - Link to NAO reports index page (includes report on HAI in acute trusts)
NINSS reports (surgical site, bacteraemia)
The Clean Hospitals Programme (PEAT)
Department of Health Research Programme
The NHS Purchasing Cards for Ward Managers homepage
The Health Protection Agency
Antibiotic Resistance website - From the National electronic Library of Infection
The National Electronic Library of Infection

HPA Surgical Site Infection Surveillance Service (SSISS)

Hospital Infection Society - Includes information on HIS E-mail discussion group
INSERT (Intravenous Access Network) - IV therapy network on the web
Hospital Infection Research Laboratory
Association of Domestic Management - Our Colleagues and co-authors of "Standards for Environmental Cleanliness in Hospitals" - top guidance for Healthcare providors
The Association of Medical Microbiologists

Institute of Decontamination Sciences
Foodlink - supports national food safety week
EPIC - Evidence based guidelines for infection control at Thames Valley University
'inmed' - the Meningitis Trust's website for Health Professionals, providing educational and informative resources about the disease
Insect Research and Development Limited - (Formerly the Medical Entomology Centre, Cambridge) all aspects of medical entomology (e.g. Scabies, lice etc.)
Society for Applied Microbiology
Central Sterilising Club
Skills for Health

The Lee Spark NF Foundation -  Severe Streptococcal Infections & Necrotising Fasciitis Support

CDC home page - USA Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC prevention guidelines (index) - CDCs (archive) guidelines on disease (including infection) prevention
US federal register - for draft guidelines (for comments etc.)
Association of Practitioners in Infection Contro - (APIC, USA)
CHICA - Canadian Association for Infection Control (Community and Hospital Infection Control Association)
American Medical Association
American Dental Association
IDSA - Infetious Diseases Association of America home page
ESCMID - European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
EU Extended Inventory on Resources of Communicable Diseases Control (IRIDE)
American Society for Microbiology
Irish National Disease Surveillance Centre
The Hand Hygiene Resource Center
IFIC The International Federation of Infection Control

The World Health Oganisation - Global Patient safety Challenge - Clean Care is Safer Care - click HERE

Infection Control Week 2003 Information and Competition for ICTs
The old ICNA discussion group archive
Healthlinks (other health care sites)
Mount Sinai Hospital microbiology site (Canada)
Microbiology and hand washing for kids (and adults!)
Free statistical software - A page of links to free statistical packages for data analysis
The Big Picture Book of Viruses - loads of virus pictures on line
Hand Hygiene the Geneva way Talking walls!
Images for infection control From the CDC
Bristol Biomed More Images for Teaching
Dr Fungus Everything you ever wanted to know about fungi!
Parasitology images From the CDC

HealthcareA2Z Free On line Resources for infection prevention and control

Handouts from the Yorkshire ICNA Study Day 2006