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Infection Control Policies and Guidelines

Infection Prevention and Control

Policy for prevention and control of Meticillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Health Care Facilities
Guidelines for Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings, 2019
Guidelines for Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings, Aug 2018
Candida auris in Health Care Setting - Infection Control Policy
Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Patients with Known or Suspected Ebola Virus Disease(EVD)2018
Infection Control Guidelines within Healthcare Settings for Nipah Virus Infection (NiV) including Encephalitis
Recommended Practices for Prevention and Control of Infections in Dialysis Settings ,2017
Guidelines for surgical patient skin care, 1999
Guideline for prevention of endoscopy-associated nosocomial infection, 2000
Infection control measures in SARS, 2002
Infection control protocol for the management of anthrax cases in health care settings, 2002
Avian Influenza (H5N1) infection control Emergency Plan and guidelines for healthcare facilities, 2005
Infection control emergency plan for pandemic influenza, 2005
Infection control guidelines for novel influenza A 2017

Isolation Policy, 2005
Isolation Policy, 2017
Guidelines for prevention of healthcare associated lower respiratory tract infections, 2006
Guidelines for preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Setting, 2006
Infection control guidelines for prevention of transmission of infection among chronic dialysis patients, 2007
Strategic plan for elimination of tuberculosis in healthcare settings, 2007
Infection control guidelines at physiotherapy-hydrotherapy, 2007

Guidelines for prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infection,2010
Prevention of surgical site infection, 2007
Infection control guidelines for spinal procedures 2010
Safe injection, 2010
Guidelines for management of healthcare-associated outbreak, 2010
Guidelines for the control and prevention of meticillin resistant staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) in healthcare facilities, 2011

Guidelines for hand hygiene in healthcare setting, 2011
Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections, 2011
Guidelines of microbiological environmental sampling in healthcare settings, 2011
Guidelines for the Prevention of Exposures to Blood Borne Pathogens among Healthcare Workers, 2011(add)
Policy for the prevention and management of needle stick injuries and blood/body fluid exposure among healthcare personnel in healthcare settings
Reprocessing policy for flexible endoscopes, 2013

Policy for hand hygiene educational and motivational program, 2013
Interim guidance on infection prevention and control during health care for patients with Novel Coronavirus (nCoV) infection, 2013
Infection Control for Cholera in Health Care Settings
Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Hospitalized Patients with Known or Suspected Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever
Elimination of Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Transmission in Healthcare Settings 2016

Design & Construction of healthcare Facilities

The role of infection controlling design of health care facilities, 2007
Guidelines for intensive care unit’s design, 2008
Infection control guidelines for assisted reproductive technology (ART) unit design, 2008
Guidelines for general ward design, 2008
Guidelines for design of operating theaters, 2007
Guidelines for design of compounded sterile products (CSPS) facility, 2009
Construction standards for gastrointestinal endoscopy facilities, 2013

IC for Supportive Services

Manual for Safe management of wastes from health-care activities final 1
الدليل الارشادى لنفايات الرعاية الصحية (نهائى و معدل2 1
Infection control guidelines at ambulance setting, 2005
الدليل التشغيلي لادار ة نفايات الر عاية الصحية 2007
Infection control guidelines in mortuary services, 2009
Environmental cleaning and disinfection policy,2009
القو اعد الخاصة بمنع العدو ى للتعامل مع الغسيل بالمنشات الصحية – 2009
Disinfection policy, 2009
Infection control guidelines for catering services, 2009
Infection control policy for barbers, 2013
2014- سياسة منع العدو ى لعمل الحلاقين في المستشفيات بدولة الكويت
Manaual Guide for Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection, 2016
الدليل الارشادى للتنظيف و التطهير البيئي 2016

Checklists

CSSD checklist
ICU-checklist
Isolation room-checklist
Kitchen checklist
Operating room checklist
WARD checklist
Wound dressing-checklist
Primary Health Care Centre-checklist