ICNA News
Community Infection Control Guidelines Published
NICE have published their community infection control guidlines.
The guidelines can be accessed via the NICE web site (see link)
ICNA and The Hospital Infection Society have released the following:

Joint statement by the The Infection Control Nurses Association and Hospital
Infection Society on the publication of the NICE Community Infection Control
Guidelines


The Infection Control Nurses Association and Hospital Infection Society
welcome the publication of these guidelines. As healthcare activities are
increasingly carried out in community settings, these guidelines are an
invaluable resource enabling healthcare workers to practice effectively. It
is important that the guidelines now become an integral part of practice in
health and social care settings.

Mrs Cristine Perry
Chair
Infection Control Nurses Association

Dr RC Spencer
Chairman
Hospital Infection Society

NICE Web site guidelines

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