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Best practice
Pandemic flu
Published: 20/02/2013 | Source: Department of Health (DH)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Best practice, Government report
Care homes: infection prevention and control
Published: 18/02/2013 | Source: Department of Health and Social Care and Public Health England
Expert review is available.
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Best practice
Care homes: infection prevention and control
Published: 18/02/2013 | Source: Department of Health and Health Protection Agency
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Best practice
Prevention and control of infection in care homes - an information resource
Published: 18/02/2013 | Source: Department of Health (DH)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Systematic review
Educational games for health professionals
Published: 31/01/2013 | Source: The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Level of Evidence: RCT
Best practice
Position statement on the use of antiretroviral therapy to reduce HIV transmission January 2013. The British HIV Association (BHIVA) and the Expert Advisory Group on AIDS (EAGA) †
Published: 21/01/2013 | Source: British HIV Association (BHIVA)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Government report
Environment and sustainability Health Technical Memorandum 07-01: Safe management of healthcare waste
Published: 01/01/2013 | Source: Department of Health
Level of Evidence:
Best practice
Update on use of antivirals for flu prevention and treatment
Published: 20/12/2012 | Source: Department of Health (DH)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Best practice
UK Pandemic Influenza Communications Strategy 2012
Published: 18/12/2012 | Source: Department of Health (DH)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Surveillance data
World Malaria Report 2012
Published: 17/12/2012 | Source: World Health Organization (WHO)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Best practice
PH43 Hepatitis B and C - ways to promote and offer testing to people at increased risk of infection.
Published: 12/12/2012 | Source: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Best practice, Review
Guidance from the ACDP TSE Risk Management Subgroup (formerly TSE Working Group)
Published: 27/11/2012 | Source: Department of Health (DH)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Best practice
Minimise transmission risk of CJD and vCJD in healthcare settings - Guidance on prevention of CJD and vCJD by Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens' Transmissible Spongiform encephalopathy (ACDP TSE) Risk Management Subgroup.
Published: 27/11/2012 | Source: Department of Health and Social Care
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Review, Surveillance data
The Scientific Pandemic Influenza Subgroup on Modelling (SPI-M) Summary
Published: 27/11/2012 | Source: Department of Health (DH)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Consultation
Feverish illness in children (update): guideline consultation
Published: 23/11/2012 | Source: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Surveillance data
Two outbreaks of diarrhoea in nurseries in Norway after farm visits, April to May 2009
Published: 22/11/2012 | Source: Euro Surveillance
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Other, Surveillance data
Risk assessment: Increased Cryptosporidium infections in the Netherlands, United Kingdom and Germany in 2012
Published: 19/11/2012 | Source: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Best practice
Antimicrobial Stewardship: 'Start Smart - then focus'
Published: 18/11/2012 | Source: Department of Health (DH)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Best practice
Seasonal influenza vaccination of children and pregnant women
Published: 04/10/2012 | Source: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Factsheet, Public leaflet
Resources to support the 2012 European Antibiotic Awareness day in England
Published: 03/10/2012 | Source: Department of Health (DH)
Level of Evidence: