Novovirus
The 2018 HPS national guidance documents and resource pack for care home staff responsible for the prevention and control of Norovirus cases are listed below:
- Norovirus – Guidance for Care Homes
- Norovirus – Guidance for Care Homes: Prevention Flowchart
- Norovirus – Guidance for Care Homes: Roles and Responsibilities
- Norovirus – Guidance for Care Homes: Information for Care Home Staff
- Norovirus – Guidance for Care Homes: Checklist to Prepare for Norovirus Season
- Norovirus – Guidance for Care Homes: Outbreak Checklist
- Norovirus – Guidance for Care Homes: Outbreak Daily Actions Checklist
- Norovirus – Guidance for Care Homes: Outbreak Data Record
- Norovirus – Guidance for Care Homes: Information for Residents and Visitors
- Norovirus – Guidance for Care Homes: Posters
Flu
The 2018 HPS national guidance documents and resource pack for care home staff responsible for the prevention and control of cases of influenza are listed below:
- Influenza – Flu Outbreak Control Measures in Care Homes
- Influenza – Guidance for Care Homes: Roles and Responsibilities
- Influenza – Guidance for Care Homes: Key Information for Care Home Staff
- Influenza – Guidance for Care Homes: Checklist to Prepare for Influenza Season
- Influenza – Guidance for Care Homes: Outbreak Checklist
- Influenza – Guidance for Care Homes: Outbreak Daily Actions List
- Influenza – Guidance for Care Homes: Outbreak Data Record
- Influenza – Guidance for Care Homes: Information for Residents and Visitors
- Influenza – Guidance for Care Homes: Posters
Invasive Group A Strep
Interim UK guidelines for management of close community contacts of invasive group A streptococcal disease – 2004 (still current in 2019)
Community guidance on management of invasive group A streptococcal disease (iGAS). Outbreaks of GAS infection in nursing homes have been reported. Prevention of the spread of iGAS is especially important because of the high mortality rate in this population. See PHPU Newsletter Feb 2019 for more info on iGAS in NHSGGC
Clostridium difficile
- Guidance on Prevention and Control of Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) in health and social care settings in Scotland 2017
- Algorithm 1: Treatment of first episode of CDI in adults
- Algorithm 2: Treatment of first recurrence of CDI in adults
- Algorithm 3: Treatment of second and subsequent recurrence of CDI in adults
- Recommended protocol for testing for Clostridium difficile and subsequent culture 2016
Protocol for clostridium difficile testing which includes recommendations for sample selection, sample storage and transportation, and testing protocol
Carbapenemase-producing Enterbacteriaceae
This guidance contains a set of recommendations and practical advice to reduce the spread of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) in non-acute and community settings in Scotland
Updated Feb 2019