Infection prevention and control commissioning toolkit: guidance and information for nursing and commissioning staff in England. Issue 2 (March 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Allen, Lisa; Gallagher, Rose; King, Debbie; Wakefield, Kathy; Wright, Debbie
• Is Part Of: Journal of infection prevention. Volume 14:Issue 2(2013)
• Page Start: 48
• Page End: 53
• Publication Date: 2013-03
• Subjects: Infection prevention and control -- commissioning -- quality and safety; Hospital buildings -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Communicable diseases -- Prevention -- Periodicals; Nosocomial infections -- Prevention -- Periodicals; Cross infection -- Prevention -- Periodicals; 616.9045
• DOI: 10.1177/1757177413478276
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1757-1774

Abstract

Against a backdrop of system redesign in the NHS, the Infection Prevention Society and Royal College of Nursing have collaborated to produce a toolkit to support the implementation and use of infection prevention indicators as part of the quality assurance processes in the commissioning and contracting cycles. The toolkit is presented in this article.