Organisation of infection prevention and control in healthcare settings
Agencies
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel: Infrastructure and Routine Practices for Occupational Infection Prevention and Control Services (2019)
- Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel: Epidemiology and Control of Selected Infections Transmitted Among Healthcare Personnel and Patients (2024)
World Health Organization (WHO)
- Guidelines on core components of infection prevention and control programmes at the national and acute health care facility level (2016)
- Core components for infection prevention and control programmes
Professional Societies
Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control (APSIC)
European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
- Guidance for Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology Programs: Healthcare Epidemiologist Skills and Competencies (2015)
- Infection Prevention and Control in Residential Facilities for Pediatric Patients and Their Families (2013)
- Necessary Infrastructure of Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology Programs: A Review (2016)
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)/Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
EU/EEA countries
Austria
- QS Krankenhaushygiene - Qualitätsstandard Organisation und Strategie der Krankenhaus-Hygiene (2025)
- PROHYG 3.0 Organisation und Strategie der Krankenhaushygiene (2024)
Croatia
Czechia
- The methodological guideline defining the Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Program in healthcare facilities providing acute inpatient care was published in the Bulletin of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic, Issue 2/2013.
Denmark
- Nøglepersoner/kontaktpersoner/ koordinatorer i infektionshygiejne inden for sundhedssektoren (2019)
- Rengøring i hospitals- og primærsektoren, herunder dagtilbud og skoler (2023)
- Desinfektion i sundhedssektoren (2024)
Estonia
France
- Surveiller prévenir les infections associées aux soins (2010)
- REFERENTIEL METIER ET COMPETENCES: Spécialistes en Hygiène, Prévention, Contrôle de l’infection en milieu de soins (2018)
- Recommandations professionnelles concernant les besoins de formation des professionnels de santé en charge des programmes de Prévention et Contrôle des Infections (PCI) [i.e. Cpias, EOH, EMH] (2021)
Germany
- Infektionsprävention bei übertragbaren Krankheiten (2015/2023)
- Infektionsprävention im Rahmen der Pflege und Behandlung von Patienten mit übertragbaren Krankheiten (2015)
- Integration von SARS-CoV-2 als Erreger von Infektionen in der endemischen Situation in die Empfehlungen der KRINKO „Infektionsprävention im Rahmen der Pfege und Behandlung von Patienten mit übertragbaren Krankheiten“ (2023)
- Personelle und organisatorische Voraussetzungen zur Prävention nosokomialer Infektionen (2023)
- Infektionsprävention in Heimen (2005)
- Infection prevention in long-term care facilities (2024 translation)
Hungary
Ireland
- Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Guideline (2025)
- Competency Framework for Infection Prevention and Control Practitioners in Ireland (2022)
Latvia
Lithuania
Netherlands
Norway
- Lov om vern mot smittsomme sykdommer [smittevernloven] (2022)
- Forskrift om smittevern i helse- og omsorgstjenesten (2021)
Poland
- Rekomendacje diagnostyki, terapii i profilaktyki antybiotykowej zakażeń w szpitalu (2020)
- Kontrola środowiska szpitalnego w zapobieganiu zakażeniom wywoływanym przez wieloantybiotykooporne patogeny alarmowe (2020)
- Wybrane aspekty monitorowania i kontroli zakażeń (2020)
- Wytyczne zapobiegania transmisji biologicznych czynników chorobotwórczych o szczególnej zjadliwości lub lekooporności (2019)
- Zalecenia prowadzenia mikrobiologicznych badań przesiewowych u hospitalizowanych pacjentów (2017)
- Zalecenia izolacji chorych w trakcie hospitalizacji (2017)
- Strategia zapobiegania lekooporności w oddziałach intensywnej terapii (2013)
Portugal
Slovenia
Sweden
- Endoskop, rengöring och desinfektion av flexibla värmekänsliga endoskop
- Mikrobiologisk provtagning av endoskopisk utrustning (2024)
Ukraine
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