Updated National
Evidence-based Guidelines for Preventing Healthcare Associated
Infections in NHS Hospitals in
England 2007
Thank you to everyone
who provided comment and suggestions on the draft epic2 guidelines.
The new updated national guidelines provide comprehensive recommendations
for preventing HCAI in hospitals and other acute care settings based on
the best currently available evidence. Because this is not always the
best possible evidence, we have included a suggested agenda for further
research in each section of the guidelines. National evidence-based
guidelines are broad principles of best practice which need to be
integrated into local practice guidelines. To monitor implementation, we
have suggested key audit criteria for each section of recommendations.
These guidelines were published as a supplement to the February 2007 issue
of the Journal of Hospital Infection, but can also be downloaded in by
clicking the reference below:
Pratt RJ, Pellowe CM, Wilson JA,
Loveday HP, Harper PJ, Jones SRLJ, McDougall C, Wilcox MH. epic2:
National Evidence-Based Guidelines for Preventing Healthcare-Associated
Infections in NHS Hospitals in England. Journal of Hospital Infection
February 2007;65S:S1-S64
