Guidance

Infection prevention and control in adult social care settings

Infection prevention and control (IPC) principles for adult social care settings in England, to be used with guidance on managing specific infections.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 31 March 2022
• Last updated: 1 March 2024
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  1. 1 March 2024

     Updated broken links in both guidance documents.

  2. 31 January 2024

     Updated to link to acute respiratory infection guidance, which has superseded the COVID-19 supplement.

  3. 31 March 2022

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Infection prevention and control: resource for adult social care

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Infection prevention and control: quick guide for care workers

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Details

This document sets out general IPC principles to be used in combination with guidance on managing specific infections – see the acute respiratory infection guidance.

It is for people responsible for setting and maintaining standards of IPC within adult social care in England, such as care managers.