Infection Control

Tutorial

A free online tutorial from Intuition is available at:

http://www.infectioncontrol.nhs.uk

Key organisations

Useful information is available from a number of key organisations:

Health Protection Agency

Hospital Infection Society

BSAC (British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy)

ICNA (Infection Control Nurses Association)

Audits

The ICNA has produced a useful Infection Control auditing tool:

Audit Tools for Monitoring Infection Control Guidelines within the Community Setting 2005

More audit resources are available from our Clinical Audit page.

Guidance

There are a number of useful guidelines, including the RCN's 2005 document:

Good Practice in Infection Prevention and Control: Guidance for Nursing Staff

You can search for more on the Guidelines Finder page.

More resources - journal articles, books and websites

The results of a literature search in November 2005 are displayed on this page.

The Healthcare Library takes the following specific Infection Control journals:

British Journal of Infection Control

Journal of Hospital Infection

As well as many electronic journals

The library also has a collection of related books, mainly around the shelf number WC195. To find more search SWIMS.