Infection Prevention and Control

Infection and Control Manual 

Guidance on Obtaining Health Protection Advice and Reporting Infectious Diseases from UKHSA

SYICB are aware there has been some confusion regarding how to obtain health protection advice from UKHSA and report notifiable infectious diseases during out of hours. The UKHSA Y&H health protection team provide specialist support to prevent and reduce the impact of infectious diseases, chemical and radiation hazards and major emergencies. 

The Y&H HPT have a designated out of hours contact number for health professionals requesting urgent advice: 0300 303 0234. In hours, they can be contacted via telephone (0300 303 0234) or email yorkshirehumberhpt@ukhsa.gov.uk

Infection Prevention and Control Team

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 

Resources

Infection Prevention Control - Resources

Aseptic non- touch technique (ANTT)

Venepuncture Guideline

Wound Care  

Infection risk when using FFP3 respirators with valves or Powered Air Purifying Respirators (PAPRs) during surgical and invasive procedures

 Updated September 2024