Infection Control

It is a legacy of COVID-19 and not necessarily a positive one. As most of us finally begin to look forward, a number of family owned care homes are struggling to…

Abi Spence on how social care is leading the way in infection prevention and control. Keeping it up ‘Hand gel’, I say, as my children walk into the pharmacy right…

How easy is it to involve service users in basic infection control? I’m on the train again, which seems to be a theme for writing these blog posts and today…

What is Aseptic Non Touch Technique (ANTT®)? Aseptic Non Touch Technique is a unique clinical practice framework developed in the 1990s and now used in many healthcare work places. It…

The Department of Health guidelines stipulates the type of information required within the Care Home Annual Statement. Care Homes are required to produce an Infection Control Annual Statement as part…

Introduction In part one we reviewed mould and recommendations on how to prevent mould growth. In this part of a two part series we will review different types of mould…

Introduction Whilst on holiday in Ireland recently, I had booked a holiday house and found, to my horror, large areas of mould growing on the bathroom ceiling. Further investigation by…

What are zoonoses? Zoonoses are diseases that can be transmitted from animals to humans. The HSE reported that there are ‘approximately 40 potential zoonoses in the UK and approximately 300,000…