Infection: Infectious Disease and Health Protection Agency
SECTION ONE
INTRODUCTION
AND
NOTIFICATION
1. INTRODUCTION AND NOTIFICATION
1.0 INTRODUCTION
The guidance is divided into sections as follows:
Section 1 Introduces infection control and explains notification;
Section 2 deals with general infection control procedures;
Section 3 gives guidance on the management of outbreaks;
Section 4 describes specific infectious diseases;
Section 5 contact numbers and sources of information;
Section 6 contains additional detailed information and a table of diseases;
Section 7 contains risk assessments relevant to infection control;
Section 8 research sources, references and useful web sites
Further information is available from the Food Safety Adviser at Leicestershire County Council and from the Health Protection Agency – East Midlands South. Contact numbers are listed in Section 5. The aim of this document is to provide simple advice on the actions needed in the majority of situations likely to be encountered in social care settings. It is written in everyday language and presented so that individual subject areas can be easily copied for use as a single sheet.
1.1 HOW ARE INFECTIONS TRANSMITTED?
1.2 INFECTION CONTROL GUIDANCE
Infection control forms part of our everyday lives, usually in the form of common sense and basic hygiene procedures. Where large numbers of people come in contact with each other, the risk of spreading infection increases. This is particularly so where people are in close contact and share eating and living accommodation.
It is important to have guidelines to protect service users, staff and visitors. Adopting these guidelines and standard infection control practices will minimise the spread of infectious diseases to everyone.
External Factors
If you or someone in your immediate family has a “Notifiable Disease” such as Measles (see 1.3) or infection
INTRODUCTION
AND
NOTIFICATION
1. INTRODUCTION AND NOTIFICATION
1.0 INTRODUCTION
The guidance is divided into sections as follows:
Section 1 Introduces infection control and explains notification;
Section 2 deals with general infection control procedures;
Section 3 gives guidance on the management of outbreaks;
Section 4 describes specific infectious diseases;
Section 5 contact numbers and sources of information;
Section 6 contains additional detailed information and a table of diseases;
Section 7 contains risk assessments relevant to infection control;
Section 8 research sources, references and useful web sites
Further information is available from the Food Safety Adviser at Leicestershire County Council and from the Health Protection Agency – East Midlands South. Contact numbers are listed in Section 5. The aim of this document is to provide simple advice on the actions needed in the majority of situations likely to be encountered in social care settings. It is written in everyday language and presented so that individual subject areas can be easily copied for use as a single sheet.
1.1 HOW ARE INFECTIONS TRANSMITTED?
1.2 INFECTION CONTROL GUIDANCE
Infection control forms part of our everyday lives, usually in the form of common sense and basic hygiene procedures. Where large numbers of people come in contact with each other, the risk of spreading infection increases. This is particularly so where people are in close contact and share eating and living accommodation.
It is important to have guidelines to protect service users, staff and visitors. Adopting these guidelines and standard infection control practices will minimise the spread of infectious diseases to everyone.
External Factors
If you or someone in your immediate family has a “Notifiable Disease” such as Measles (see 1.3) or infection