13 August 2008

INFECTION CONTROL

MRSA Screening - operational guidance (31st July 2008)
This guidance is to support NHS trusts in introducing MRSA screening for all elective patients by the end of March 2009.
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The Impact of Organisation and Management Factors on Infection Control in Hospitals: a Scoping Review (29th July 2008)

This report gives the results of a rapid scoping review to identify evidence about organisational and management factors affecting infection control in general hospital settings. The review identified organisational characteristics that should be considered ‘risk factors’ for infection including: team stability and morale, workloads, negative leadership.
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ESAC-Pr New Technologies Working Group: report on prion inactivating agents (5th August 2008)
The report gives advice on the applicability of the various anti-prion technologies that are on, or close to market as part of the surgical instrument decontamination cycle.
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