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Best practice
Guidelines for drinking-water quality, fourth edition
Published: 04/07/2011 | Source: World Health Organization (WHO)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Journal article, Systematic review
Airborne hydrogen peroxide for disinfection of the hospital environment and infection control: a systematic review
Published: 01/07/2011 | Source: Science Direct
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Journal article
Cleanliness audit of clinical surfaces and equipment: who cleans what?
Published: 01/07/2011 | Source: Journal of Hospital Infection.
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Best practice
Disposable Gloves: Use and Management
Published: 01/07/2011 | Source: Care Inspectorate (Scotland)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Review
Healthy Staff, Better Care for Patients Realignment of Occupational Health Services to the NHS in England
Published: 01/07/2011 | Source: Department of Health (DH)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Best practice
Prevention of infection and communicable disease control in prisons and places of detention
Published: 01/07/2011 | Source: Public Health England (PHE)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Outbreak report
Public health risk assessment and interventions - The Horn of Africa: Drought and famine crisis
Published: 01/07/2011 | Source: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Journal article
Transmission of Influenza on International Flights, May 2009
Published: 01/07/2011 | Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Level of Evidence: Cohort studies
Journal article, Surveillance data
Rapid emergence of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae isolates in Belgium
Published: 30/06/2011 | Source: Euro Surveillance
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Outbreak report, Surveillance data
Surveillance trends of the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic in Europe
Published: 30/06/2011 | Source: Euro Surveillance
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Factsheet
Escherichia coli O104: understanding the risks and preventing the spread of infection
Published: 20/06/2011 | Source: IFH
Level of Evidence:
Review
Review of guidelines for prevention of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease transmission in medical settings in EU Member States and Norway
Published: 20/06/2011 | Source: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Best practice
PAS 5748:2011, Specification for the planning, application and measurement of cleanliness services in hospitals
Published: 15/06/2011 | Source: Department of Health (DH)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Public leaflet
Thinking of getting pregnant? - Make sure you’re protected against German measles
Published: 13/06/2011 | Source: Department of Health (DH)
Level of Evidence: Unspecified
Journal article, Surveillance data
Clusters of infectious diseases in German nursing homes – observations from a prospective infection surveillance study, October 2008 to August 2009
Published: 02/06/2011 | Source: Euro Surveillance
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Journal article
Hepatitis B prevention in Victoria, Australia – the potential to protect
Published: 02/06/2011 | Source: Euro Surveillance
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Journal article
Computer games to teach hygiene: An evaluation of the e-Bug junior game
Published: 01/06/2011 | Source: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Level of Evidence:
Journal article, Research study
Review of a three-year meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus screening programme
Published: 01/06/2011 | Source: Journal of Hospital Infection.
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Factsheet, Public leaflet
ECDC: Excellence in prevention and control of infectious diseases
Published: 30/05/2011 | Source: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Level of Evidence:
Surveillance data
Sexually transmitted infections in Europe 1990–2009
Published: 26/05/2011 | Source: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited