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Publication #1232
Reference
CMO(2004)08
Name
The NHSScotland national cleaning services specification: Healthcare Associated Infection Task Force
Categories
Scottish Government
CMO Letters
Organization
Scottish Executive
Keywords
NHS
SCOTLAND
COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
HOSPITAL INFECTION
HOSPITALS
HYGIENE
CODES OF PRACTICE
DOMESTIC SERVICES
Description
Prevention and control of HAI is a high-profile priority issue for NHSScotland. A major 3-year programme of work was laid out in the SEHD Ministerial Action Plan on HAI, now being actioned by the Scottish HAI Task Force. One of the immediate priorities was to develop updated technical requirements for rigorous and effective cleaning processes to be used in NHS specifications for cleaning services. Cleaning services staff are an essential part of the multidisciplinary approach to increased public, patient and staff safety. A key message from the HAI Task Force is that hygiene, particularly clean hands and clean hospitals, is everyone’s responsibility, in the prevention and control of infection.
Encloses the final guidance which has been developed by an HAI Task Force multidisciplinary working group under the chair of Heather Knox, Director of Facilities, Ayrshire and Arran Primary Care NHS Trust.
Encloses the final guidance which has been developed by an HAI Task Force multidisciplinary working group under the chair of Heather Knox, Director of Facilities, Ayrshire and Arran Primary Care NHS Trust.
Contact Name
Mrs Margaret Tannahill
Contact Email
Contact Address
Healthcare Associated Infection Task Force, Scottish Executive Health Department, St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh, EH1 3DG.
Contact Phone
Created
2004-05-12 00:00:00
Download URL
External Link: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/health/ncss-01.asp
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