The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has today announced details of an assurance framework to support social care services in ensuring effective infection prevention and control practices are in place.
This framework was developed using the National Standards for Infection Prevention and Control in Community Services (2018). The framework focuses on the national standards, providing a tool to enable providers tailor their approach to meeting national standards effectively in their centre. It does this by focusing on the critical aspects of care to ensure the efficacy of:
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