IPS - Infection Prevention Society
Patrons Professor Didier Pittet and Professor Tricia Hart

Links

Antibiotic Resistance website - From the National electronic Library of Infection
Chlamydia Screening Programme
Department of Health Research Programme
DoH circulars on the internet - COIN database
DoH Decontamination Programme

DoH Decontamination E Learning Programme

DoH Safe Management of Healthcare Waste
HPA Surgical Site Infection Surveillance Service (SSISS)
House of Lords report on antibiotic resistance
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
Nursing and Midwifery Council
National Audit Office report - Link to NAO reports index page (includes report on HAI in acute trusts)
Royal College of Physicians - Top ten tips series - by the Healthcare and Associated Infections Working Group
Say YES to test - Chlamydia facebook page
The Clean Hospitals Programme (PEAT) 
The Health Protection Agency - Home page  
The National Electronic Library of Infection
The National Electronic Library for Health
UK government home page
UK official documents on the internet - The Stationery Office web page 

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UK Non-governmental organisations
Central Sterilising Club
Counselling Directory - Find a counsellor or psychotherapist
EPIC - Evidence based guidelines for infection control by Thames Valley University
Foodlink - supports national food safety week
Home hygiene & Health - A range of resources including fact/hygiene advice sheets
Hospital Infection Society - Includes information on HIS E-mail discussion group

'inmed' - the Meningitis Trust's website for Health Professionals, providing educational and informative resources about the disease

Insect Research and Development Limited - (Formerly the Medical Entomology Centre, Cambridge) all aspects of medical entomology (e.g. Scabies, lice etc.)
Institute of Decontamination Sciences
National Infusion and Vascular Access Society
Public service - latest Health news and analysis and the top public sector stories of the day
Skills for Health
Society for Applied Microbiology

The Lee Spark NF FoundationSevere Streptococcal Infections & Necrotising Fasciitis Support

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Journals and Medline On-Line

American Journal of Infection Control - Journal of APIC (Association of Practitioners in Infection Control)

eBMJ - On - line British Medical Journal

Emerging Infectious Diseases (home page) - from CDC, USA

Eurosurveillance weeks news - Public health and infectious diseases news from across Europe 

Journal of Hospital Infection

Journal of Infectious diseases on line

News Review - The Operating Theatre Journal

Nursing Standard

Nursing Times - Subscribe (on line, for free) for full access 

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

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Non UK organisations
American Medical Association
American Society for Microbiology
Association of Practitioners in Infection Contro - (APIC, USA)

CDC home page - USA Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CHICA - Canadian Association for Infection Control (Community and Hospital Infection Control Association) 
IDSA - Infetious Diseases Association of America home page
IFIC The International Federation of Infection Control
Health Protection Surveillance Centre (Ireland)
The Hand Hygiene Resource Center
The World Health Oganisation - Global Patient safety Challenge - Clean Care is Safer Care - click HERE
US federal register - for draft guidelines (for comments etc.) 

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Miscellaneous
 Dr Fungus Everything you ever wanted to know about fungi!
Drug watch - Information on various medications
Healthlinks (other health care sites)
Images for infection control From the CDC
Jobs in United Kingdom
Mount Sinai Hospital microbiology site (Canada)
Microbiology and hand washing for kids (and adults!)
National Concern for Healthcare Infections
Parasitology images From the CDC
The Big Picture Book of Viruses - loads of virus pictures on line 
(Free British Teleclass) Voices of the Infection Prevention Society

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