Is it an emergency?Infection Prevention and Control in Care Homes and Domiciliary Care
The steps taken by care homes and domiciliary care agencies to protect people from infection play a crucial role in protecting staff, visitors and vulnerable people from the risks associated with infection.
Guidance on infection prevention and control – Care Homes
Guidance on infection prevention and control – Domiciliary Care
Contact one of the IPC Team
Care Homes are required to have a named person who is responsible for infection prevention and control. Care Homes also have a legal responsibility to report outbreaks of infection to NHS-HSA, CC, who are responsible for advising on outbreak control and monitoring of outbreaks.
Contact details of your local health protection team can be found by visiting: gov.uk/health-protection-team
Contact us
We are here to answer your questions, provide support and guidance as well as visit to visit your service and conduct an audit if you wish.