The resources section can be used as supporting tools for the Care Home Infection Prevention and Control Manual (CH IPCM).

• Aerosol Generating Procedures
  • Poster on PPE to wear when undertaking aerosol generating procedures 
• HAI Compendium
• Hand hygiene
  • How to hand rub
  • How to hand wash 
  • 4 moments for hand hygiene
  • Washroom poster 
  • Information leaflet for the public
• Gastro-intestinal illness
  • Care home IPC resource for gastro-intestinal illness
• Information leaflets. 
  These leaflets are also available in different languages National Infection Prevention and Control Manual: Information Leaflets - language translations (scot.nhs.uk)
  • Clostridiodes difficile (CDI) - Information for people who are getting care, their visitors, and anyone else who is in a care setting
  • Group A Streptoccocal infection - information for patients
  • Healthcare associated infection (HAI) - Information for the public
  • Vancomycin-resistant enterococci VRE - Information for patients
  • Washing clothes at home - Information for people in
    hospitals or care homes and their relatives
• Respiratory hygiene
  • Catch it, bin it, kill it poster 
• Respiratory illness
  • Care home IPC resource for respiratory illness
• Transmission Based Precautions
  • Airborne precautions poster
  • Contact precautions poster
  • Droplet precautions poster 
• World Hand Hygiene Day 5 May 2023 - Accelerate action together. SAVE LIVES clean your hands