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Adult social care: guidance

Information for the adult social care sector.

Updates to this page

From:
Department of Health and Social Care and UK Health Security Agency
Published:
28 May 2022
Last updated:
5 January 2026
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  1. Added: Infection prevention and control for multidrug-resistant organisms in adult social care settings

  2. Added link to 'Managing cases of suspected high consequence infectious diseases in adult social care'.

  3. Added 'Infection prevention and control (IPC) in adult social care: acute respiratory infection (ARI)' to Infection prevention and control.

  4. Added link to 'Supporting safer visiting in care homes during infectious illness outbreaks'.

  5. Added 3 documents: 'COVID-19 PPE guide for adult social care services and settings', 'COVID-19 PPE guide for unpaid carers' and 'PPE use for non-aerosol generating procedures' under 'Infection prevention and control' section.

  6. First published.

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