Infection Prevention and Control

Advice

Please contact the number below for infection prevention and control advice
Monday – Friday 08:00- 17:00 Telephone 01226 432825
Out of hours, if your query isn’t urgent; please leave a message on the answer machine and your call will be returned as soon as possible. Otherwise, advice and support will be given via the Public Health England on-call system.
For non-urgent queries you can also email bdg-tr.infectioncontrol@nhs.net

A dedicated website provided by the IPC Team is available here :https://www.barnsleyhospital.nhs.uk/community-ipc/

Infection Control and Prevention Primary Care General Practice Policies and Safe Practice Guidance

CQC GP mythbuster 99: Infection prevention and control in General Practice

Good infection prevention practice: using ultrasound gel - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Audit Tools

Tool for General Practitioner Settings - Centre Quality Improvement Tool 2016

These documents are to aid practices to carry out audits:

Information

The national specifications for cleanliness in the NHS: Guidance on setting and measuring cleanliness outcomes in primary care medical and dental premises

Tackling dehydration top tips

Aseptic non- touch technique (ANTT)

Venepuncture Guideline