Guidance

BBV-related infection control breaches: management toolkit

Guidance on the risk assessment, investigation and management of infection control breaches, particularly concerning bloodborne virus (BBV) transmission.

From:
Public Health England
Published
4 December 2020

Documents

BBV-related infection control breaches: management toolkit 2020 (interim guidance)

Ref: PHE publications gateway number: GW-1778

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Details

This toolkit provides support to teams in PHE investigating incidents where an infection control breach or failure has led to potential risk of bloodborne virus (BBV) transmission.

The toolkit is designed to supplement incident response, which should primarily be investigated using standard procedures, and any internal reporting or escalation of the incident should follow existing arrangements, for example, the National Incident and Emergency Response Plan (NIERP).

Published 4 December 2020