Infection Prevention & Control Policies and Procedures

​​​This page contains the Infection Prevention and Control policies, procedures and guidelines used by CDHB staff. CDHB policies are controlled documents maintained by authorised CDHB staff only. 

Additional infection prevention & control information and resources are available via the Infection Prevention & Control policies and procedures. (Note: This link is to internal DHB documents and can only be accessed by staff logged into the CDHB computer network).

 

Infection Prevention & Control Policies 

Infection Prevention and Control Service   ​Jul19
Standard Precautions​Jul20
Transmission-Based Precautions Isolation Guidelines​​Aug15
Multidrug Resistant Organisms Control​​Jul21
Decontamination of Equipment​Sep15
Decontamination Of The Environment​Oct15
Reprocessing of Flexible Endoscopic Instruments​Jul16
​CJD policy​Mar17
Linen and Laundry guidelines for wards and departments​Jul18
​Food And Water Safety​Dec18

Staff Health And Management Of Work Related Infection Risks

​May18
​Blood And Body Fluid Exposure​​Apr18
Surveillance​​Jul20
Outbreak And Incident Management​Apr18

​Hand Hygiene Policy

​Jan19
Built Environment (Infection Prevention) Policy​Jun21

​Animals in CDHB Healthcare Facilities

​Feb17
​Inter-Hospital Transport of Patients in Transmission-based (Isolation) Precautions​May19

​Influenza and ILI in Health care settings flowchart

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​Infection Prevention & Control Guidelines & Procedures

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​Glossary IPC terms

Decontamination of Rigid Sigmoidoscopy Equipment

​May18

Apr16

Diseases list A-Z

​Jul21
​Care of Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis​Sep15
​Norovirus Outbreak Guidelines​Apr17
​Ebola Virus Disease Guidelines​Aug17
​Cleaning and Disinfection of Birthing Pools Procedure​Oct17
Guidelines For Operating The Ventilation System In Negative Pressure Rooms​Feb17
​Screening and Management of Paediatric Patients for ESBL​Feb17

​Hotline Blood and Fluid Warmer Cleaning and Change of Recirculating   Solution

​Dec17

Associated Infection Prevention & Control Forms and Flowcharts

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MDRO Admission Assessment Flow chart

​Dec19
ESBL Risk-based Assessment Tool for Patient Placement​Jul19
​Nebuliser use risk assessment flow chart​Jul18

​ Construction and Maintenance Work Approval Form (Right-click the link > select Save as, to download a copy and complete this document)

​Nov17
​Construction and Maintenance Matrix tool​Sep10

 

Page last reviewed: 21 October 2021