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 CDHB Infection Prevention & Control Intranet site. (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  
Standard Precautions
Transmission-Based Precautions Isolation Guidelines
Guidelines for the Control of Multidrug Resistant Organisms
Decontamination of Equipment
Decontamination Of The Environment
Reprocessing of Flexible Endoscopic Instruments
​CJD policy
Linen and Laundry guidelines for wards and departments
​Food And Water Safety

Staff Health And Management Of Work Related Infection Risks

​Blood And Body Fluid Exposure
Surveillance​
Outbreak And Incident Management
Antimicrobial Usage
​Hand Hygiene Policy
Building Construction and Renovation Policy

​Animals in CDHB Healthcare Facilities

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

​Influenza and RespiratoryVirus Guidelines

​Infection Prevention & Control Guidelines & Procedures

​Glossary IPC terms

Respiratory Virus Guidelines 

Decontamination of Rigid Sigmoidoscopy Equipment

​Alphabetical List of Diseases

​Care of Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis
​Norovirus Outbreak Guidelines
​Ebola Virus Disease Guidelines
​Document Management Guidelines

​Transfer of Norvirus patients to Aged Residential Care position paper

​CDHB ARC LTCF Respiratory Outbreak IPC Guidelines 2016
​Cleaning and Disinfection of Birthing Pools Procedure
Guidelines For Operating The Ventilation System In Negative Pressure Rooms
​Screening and Management of Paediatric Patients for ESBL

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

​Community Aged Residential and Long term care facilities: IPC procedures
​Staphylococcus aureus decolonisation

Associated Infection Prevention & Control Forms and Flowcharts

MDRO Admission Assessment Flow chart

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

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

​Construction and Maintenance Matrix tool

​Breast Milk Cross Feed Incident Procedure (flowchart and lab forms)

 

Page last reviewed: 01 August 2019