Preventing infection in social care settings
These resources are aimed at staff providing care in the community, care homes or in a homely setting.
Please Note: This resource was previously titled Preventing Infection in Care at Home but has been renamed to reflect the wide variety of areas where care is delivered in social care settings.
This resource is part of the Foundation Layer of the Scottish Infection Prevention and Control Education Pathway.
Pocket Book
This pocket book should be used in conjunction with the National Infection Prevention and Control Manual. ARHAI Scotland continue to review and update the manual. Always check you are using the latest version.
The content of this resource was updated to align with the content of the Care Home Infection Prevention and Control Manual (CH IPCM) and has been renamed/rebranded as Preventing Infection in Social Care to reflect the diverse areas that care is delivered across community, care home and homely settings.
Download the pocket book
The pocket book is available for download and print. We no longer provide hard copies. The resource is free to download and/or print.
Mobile App and Webpage
NES and the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) have been working collaboratively to develop the new Preventing Infections in Social Care settings mobile app.
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The app is free to download from the Apple and Android stores or by scanning these QR codes.
Alternatively you can also access the content of the app via website:
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Mobile App guidance
This introductory video demonstrates how you can access and use the Preventing infections in Social Care Settings mobile app and webpage toolkits, and how they can help your infection prevention and control knowledge.
About the Mobile App
This video from NES Associate Social Care Director Angella Fulton tells you why the Prevention of Infection in Social Care mobile app and webpage toolkits have been developed and how they can help your infection prevention and control knowledge in practice.
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