IPS - Infection Prevention Society
Patrons Professor Didier Pittet and Professor Tricia Hart
Our Vision & Mission

Our vision is that no person is harmed by a preventable infection.

Our mission is to inform promote and sustain expert infection prevention policy and practice in the pursuit of patient or service user and staff safety wherever care is delivered.

Become a Member

IPS Board Business Plan 2013
Please click here to view
 
IPS Branch funding now available to attend Infection Prevention 2013, 30th September – 2nd October 2013, DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 31st MAY 2013

CLICK HERE for full details.

 
Call for new members of the Editorial Management Group CLICK HERE
 
IPS Research Priorities Survey
Further information and to complete the survey please click here.
 
IPS response to the Francis Report
To read the IPS response published in the Nursing Times on 12th February click here.

 
New Hand Hygiene Excellence Awards, Europe launched
 Apply now for the new hand hygiene excellence award 2013 to be presented at ICPIC CLICK HERE for more information.
 
Report of the Patients Association, IPS and RCN
Read the press release and report of the survey of IPS members: "Rolling the Dice: CLICK HERE Could IPC be a victim of its own success?"


Please click here to see recent guidelines and publications.

Outcome Competences for Practitioners in Infection Prevention and Control
Please click here
 
Launch of Infection Prevention and Control Commissioning Toolkit

New IPS/RCN toolkit now available click here

Quality Improvement Tools
For QIT Tools Please click here.

Dental Audit Tool
Please note we are currently updating the dental audit tool and the revised version will be available shortly.

Have you seen miituu?  www.miituu.com

 
2012 Highlight:
 
Infection Prevention 2012 featured an array of inspiring and educational sessions.  Each month the slides and audio from one of these sessions will be made available to give a taster of conference.
 
 
  May's featured session is “Assessment of microorganisms in aerosols in the healthcare setting" which was delivered by Dr Jimmy Walker, Principal Investigator - Decontamination, from the Health Protection Agency To view this session CLICK HERE


 

Study Days at Infection Prevention 2013

There are four concurrent specialist study days also on offer at Infection Prevention 2013, for those working in Care Homes, Dental Practice, General Practice and Perioperative Practice.  As soon as these events are live information will be posted below.  Click on the images below for more information.

  

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