The Northern Ireland Regional Infection Prevention and Control Manual Infection Control Guidelines

This is the website of the Regional Infection Prevention and Control Manual for Northern Ireland. If you are a healthcare worker you have a responsibility to prevent infections in your patients this manual is here to help The Regional Infection Prevention and Control Manual was commissioned by the Department of Health Social Services and Public Safety  Northern Ireland, as recommended in “Changing the Culture Action Plan”.   It is intended that  this Manual will help achieve standardisation in Infection Prevention and Control across all Health-Care facilities and may be adapted as required to reflect specific local needs.   The Manual will provide an evidenced based resource for healthcare workers of all grades and professional groups, and is available for use  in all Healthcare settings ,including Hospital , Community, Primary Care, Private or Voluntary sectors.   Therefore the Manual has open access to all staff and  no passwords or usernames are required. It can also be opened as a PDF version and each guideline individually printed