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Public leaflet, Web directory
fitfortravel (Scotland)
Published: 01/04/2007 | Source: Health Protection Scotland (HPS)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited, Professional opinion
Best practice
National specifications for cleanliness in the NHS
Published: 01/04/2007 | Source: National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited, Professional opinion
Best practice, Care guideline
Clinical guidelines for patients with an influenza like illness during an influenza pandemic (2006)
Published: 06/03/2007 | Source: , British Thoracic Society (BSAC)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Journal article
Information and Announcement on the First Global Patient Safety Challenge: Clean Care is Safer Care
Published: 01/03/2007 | Source: Internation Federation of Infection Control (IFIC)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited, Professional opinion
Best practice, Care guideline, Care pathway
Standards for HIV Clinical Care
Published: 01/03/2007 | Source: British HIV Association (BHIVA)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited, Professional opinion
Best practice
Summary of the WHO approach to hand hygiene
Published: 01/03/2007 | Source: World Health Organization (WHO)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Care guideline, Review
Working Group to Address the Needs of Those Potentially Exposed to a Blood-Borne Virus (Second Report) Advice to the Scottish Executive on protecting font-line workers and victims of crime from blood-borne viral infections and from anxiety about them
Published: 01/03/2007 | Source: Scottish Executive
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited, Professional opinion
Best practice, Systematic review
Epic 2: National Evidence-Based Guidelines for Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections in NHS Hospitals in England
Published: 05/02/2007 | Source: Epic-Richard Wells Research Centre Thames Valley University
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited, Professional opinion
Journal article
The impact of video games on training surgeons in the 21st century
Published: 01/02/2007 | Source: Archives of Surgery
Level of Evidence:
Best practice
Germs. Wash your hands of them Information on Scotland's National Hand Hygiene Campaign
Published: 15/01/2007 | Source: Health Protection Scotland (HPS)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Best practice
Colour coding hospital cleaning materials and equipment
Published: 10/01/2007 | Source: The National Patient Safety Agency
Level of Evidence: Unspecified
Systematic review
Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies
Published: 01/01/2007 | Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Level of Evidence: Meta analysis
Journal article
Designing Games to Effect Social Change
Published: 01/01/2007 | Source: Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA)
Level of Evidence:
Research study
Implementing infection control programmes in Kano Northern Nigeria
Published: 01/01/2007 | Source: International Journal of Infection Control Vol 3 Issue 1
Level of Evidence: Personal experience, Professional opinion
Other
Scottish Health Facilities Note 30 (Version 3) Infection Control in the Built Environment – Design and Planning (January 2007)
Published: 01/01/2007 | Source:
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Best practice, Factsheet
PVL-associated Staphylococcus aureus plus Frequently asked questions.
Published: 22/12/2006 | Source: Health Protection Agency (HPA)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited, Professional opinion
Best practice, Factsheet
Patient and public involvement in hand hygiene improvement (Information Sheet 4 - The first global safety challenge)
Published: 01/12/2006 | Source: World Health Organization (WHO)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited
Best practice, Systematic review
Patient safety and reduction of risk of transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) via interventional procedures (NICE) November 2006
Published: 01/11/2006 | Source: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited, Professional opinion
Best practice, Factsheet
Electrolysis, Piercing, Tattooing and Micro-pigmentation.
Published: 01/10/2006 | Source: Health & Safety Executive
Level of Evidence: Professional opinion
Best practice, Factsheet
Glove use (Technical) The first global patient safety challenge Information sheet 6
Published: 01/10/2006 | Source: World Health Organization (WHO)
Level of Evidence: Evidence cited