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Legislation
- Health and Social Care Act 2008
- The Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014
- The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales)Regulations 2005
- The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002
- HSE Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations 2013
National guidance
- Health and Social Care Act 2008 Code of Practice on the prevention and control of infections and related guidance
- National Infection Prevention and Control Manual (NIPCM) for England
- National Standards of Healthcare Cleanliness 2025
- Health technical memoranda (HTMs)
- Health building notes (HBNs)
- NICE Infection prevention and control quality standard
Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAI) guidance
- NHS Standard Contract 2024/25: Minimising Clostridioides difficile and Gram-negative bloodstream infections
- NICE Healthcare-associated infections
- NICE Healthcare-associated infections: prevention and control
Antimicrobial resistance and stewardship guidance
- NICE Antimicrobial stewardship: systems and processes for effective antimicrobial medicine use
- NICE Clostridium difficile infection: risk with broad-spectrum antibiotics
- UK 5-year action plan for antimicrobial resistance 2024 to 2029
- UKHSA Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
- NHSE Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)