Skip To Content

Site Logo

National Infection Prevention and Control Manual

National Infection Prevention and Control Manual

News and Updates

Updated literature review and NIPCM/CH IPCM text - Infection Prevention and Control for Care of the deceased
18 Jan 2023
New Quality Improvement Tool (QIT) literature review - Insertion and Maintenance of Central Venous Catheters (CVC)
30 Dec 2022
Updated decontamination technologies literature review: wipes
29 Dec 2022
Winter preparedness - key infection prevention and control messaging
19 Dec 2022
Update to Appendix 20 - Hierarchy of Controls
05 Dec 2022
Updated Decontamination technologies literature review: Ultraviolet Light
01 Dec 2022
Archiving of Cystic Fibrosis literature review
28 Nov 2022
New poster - PVC maintenance and insertion quality improvement tool
23 Nov 2022
Updates to NIPCM - DL(2022)10
18 Nov 2022
Update to NIPCM methodology
17 Nov 2022
A-Z updated entry for Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (SARS CoV-2) has been updated
27 Oct 2022
New PVC maintenance and insertion quality improvement literature review and bundle
27 Oct 2022
New SBAR ‘Aerosol-generating procedures: current situation for Scotland’
12 Oct 2022
Update to Appendix 11 - Best Practice - Aide Memoire for Optimal Patient Placement and Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE) for Infectious agents whilst a patient is in hospital
30 Sep 2022
Update to Appendix 16 - Selection of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) by Healthcare Workers (HCWs) during the provision of patient care
01 Sep 2022
Update to Appendix 21 - COVID-19 - Pandemic Controls for Acute NHS settings including Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS), Dental Services
22 Aug 2022
Update to Chapter 3 regarding COVID-19 testing
22 Aug 2022
Update to Appendix 13 - Mandatory Alert organism/condition list.
05 Aug 2022
Removal of COVID-19 Respiratory Addendum 11 July 2022
11 Jul 2022
NIPCM Relaunch 11 July 2022
11 Jul 2022