International Infection Prevention and Control week is fast approaching! Let’s get proactive!
Please see the following links below and attachments for ideas and resources to use within your areas.
- 2024 International Infection Prevention Week (infectionpreventionandyou.org)
- International Infection Prevention Week | IPS
Infection Preventionists (IPs) play a crucial role in keeping the public safe and healthy — protecting us from surges in healthcare associated infections and so many other infectious threats.
International Infection Prevention Week (IIPW), established in 1986, aims to shine a light on infection prevention each and every year.
World Sepsis Day (WSD) takes place every year on 13 September. Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that arises when the body’s response to an infection injures its own tissues and organs, with the immune system going into overdrive.
See the attached document for more information.
Check out the attached PowerPoint for World Hepatitis Day
The year, the theme of World Hand Hygiene Day was: promoting knowledge and capacity building of health and care workers through training and education, on infection prevention and control, including hand hygiene.
On Wednesday, 1 May the inpatient Infection Prevention and Control team visited Ashworth lodge, Hollins Park and Clock View café .
On Friday, 3 May the Community Infection Prevention and Control team visited Goodlass Road and Longmoor House to meet with staff to discuss the importance of hand hygiene, utilising glow germ and UV torch to increase awareness of hand hygiene practice.
