International Infection Prevention and Control Week - October 16 to 22

COVID-19 continues to show the world what we’ve always known—infection prevention and Control (IPC) plays a crucial role in keeping our patients, visitors and staff safe and healthy.

In addition to fighting a global pandemic, the infection prevention and control community is protecting us from surges in healthcare-associated infections.

These include measles outbreaks, flu season and so many other day-to-day infectious battles. 

International Infection Prevention Week (IIPW), established in 1986, aims to shine a light on infection prevention each and every year. 

It runs from Sunday, October 16, to Saturday, October 22.

This year’s theme is The Future is Infection Prevention: 50 Years of Infection Prevention.

It highlights the decades of infection prevention and inspires the next generation of IPC practitioners to join the fight. 

The STSFT IPC team would like to a say a massive thank you to all staff for your ongoing support and dedication to Infection Prevention and Control.

Over the coming months the IPC Team plan to launch a number of exciting changes.

Look out for:

• The National IPC Manual (NIPCM) for England - This is an evidence-based practice manual for use by all those involved in care provision in England.
• New electronic audit system - This system will standardise IPC audits for hand hygiene enabling swift identification of analysis results, trends and more. It will offer real time feedback.

To read more about International Infection Prevention Week click here.