• HPA Standard methods
• BSAC methods

• Meningococcal disease in children (NICE 2010)
• Meningitis (HPA)

• Endocarditis Treatment Guidelines (AHA)
• Endocarditis treatment guidelines (BSAC 2004)
• Prevention and Treatment (European Heart Association)
• Prevention of endocarditis (BSAC)
• Prophylaxis for endocarditis (NICE)
• Endocarditis prophylaxis update Guidelines (AHA 2008)

• CAP guidelines (BTS 2009)
• CAP in children (BTS)
• CAP guidelines (IDSA)
• COPD (NICE)
• Hospital associated pneumonia (BSAC 2008)

• CID 2007 review of C. difficile
• Review of treatmemt options for C diff (JMM)

• MRSA treatment guidelines (JAC)
• Diagnosis and management of PVL (HPA - draft 2008)

• Algorithm on management (HPA)

• TB full guidelines (NICE)
• TB Quick summary (NICE)
• Interferon Gamma testing for Tuberculosis (HPA)
• Toolkit for TB Prevention and control : planning, commissioning, delivering. See pp 30-36 (DH)
• Prevention and control of HIV related and drug resistance Tuberculosis (DH)
• Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (ATS)
• Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (BTS)
• Review of paediatric TB

• STI screening (BASHH)
• Non-gonococcal urethritis management guidelines (BASHH)
• Sexual health in HIV positive patients (BASHH)

• DoH National Chlamydia Screening Programme
• Chlamydia screening programme phase 3 guide (DH)
• Chlamydia management guidelines (BASHH)

• Gonorrhoea management guidelines (BASHH)
• Gonococcus identification (CDC)

• Syphilis serology explained

• HIV testing guidelines (BASHH)
• HIV1 treatment guidelines (BHIVA, 2008)

• All documents in Infection Control section

• Rabies (DH)
• Viral haemorrhagic fevers - guidance on management (ACDP)
• Nipah (CDC)

• Consensus on definition of invasive fungal infection
• Onychomycosis - diagnosis and treatment (BMJ)

• Management of common parasite infections (Worcs)

• Antenatal screening (DH)
• Chlamydia screening in pregnancy (NICE)
• Chlamydia screening in pregnancy (SIGN)
• Guideline on the management of, and exposure to rash illness in pregnancy (HPA)
• Group B Strep and pregancy (RCOG)
• Chicken pox in pregnancy (RCOG)
• Herpes in pregnancy (RCOG)
• Acute PID (RCOG)

• UTI in children (NICE)
• Feverish illness in children (NICE)
• Adolescent and sexual health sampling and treatment (BASHH)

• Antibiotic policies (Saving Lives)
• Once daily gent dosing (5mg/kg)
• Once daily gent dosing (Hartford)
• Antibiotics dosing in patients on Renal Replacement Therapy-1
• Antibiotics dosing in patients on Renal Replacement Therapy-2

• Epic 2 guidelines
• Epic 2 - review in BJIC
• Infection Control (NICE)
• Getting Ahead of the Curve (DH)
• Winning Ways
• Basic concepts of infection control (IFIC)

• Hand hygiene (HICPAC)
• Hand hygiene review by Pittet (ICHE)

• Isolation guidelines (Saving Lives)
• Isolation precautions (HICPAC)

• Preventing VAP High Impact Interventions (Saving Lives)
• Prevention of HAP (HICPAC)

• CVC High Impact Interventions(Saving Lives
• Peripheral cannula high impact interventions (Saving Lives)
• Preventing catheter infection on ICUs (NEJM 2006)
• Prevention of intravascular device infection (HICPAC)
• Urinary catheter High Impact Interventions (Saving Lives)

• Management of MDR organisms (HICPAC)
• Preventing spread of Vancomycin resistance (HICPAC)

• MRSA infection control (HIS)
• Control of MRSA - a personal view (JHI)
• Control and management of community MRSA (BSAC)
• Hospital Organisation and Reduction in MRSA bacteraemias (DH)
• MRSA screening (Saving Lives)
• MRSA Emergency admission screening pathway (DH 2009)

• How to deal with the problem (DH 2009)
• C diff High Impact Interventions (Saving Lives)
• Review of cytotoxin test performance

• Control of Acinetobacter (HPA)
• Acinetobacter (HIS)
• MDR Acinetobacter (NEJM)

• Infection Control and Pandemic flu (DH 2008)
• Management of patients with suspected pandemic flu (DH 2009)
• Management of patients with suspected pandemic flu on ITU(DH 2009)
• Oseltamivir resistance and pandemic flu (DH 2009)
• Investigation of Oseltamivir resistance and pandemic flu (DH 2009)

• Influenza vaccination of health personnel
• Influenza Prevention and control (CDC)

• SARS hospital infection control advice (HPA)
• SARS - management and control (BTS)

• Prevention of BBVs in HCWs (including needlestick guidance)(DH)
• Management of HCWs with HIV (DH 2005)

• Management of EPP for HCV infected staff (DH)

• HepB in HCWs (DH 2007)

• Guidance on patient notification (DH)

• HIV post exposure prophylaxis after sexual exposure (BASHH)

• Dialysis catheters High Impact Interventions (Saving Lives)
• Renal medicine (Saving Lives)

• Dialysis units + BBVs (DH)
• Prevention of infection in chronic haemodialysis (CDC)

• SSI (HPA)
• SSI surveillance (HPA)
• Mandatory orthopaedic SSI surveillance(HPA)
• Prevention of SSI High Impact Interventions (Saving Lives)
• Prevention of Surgical Site infection (HICPAC)
• Surgical prophylaxis (SIGN)

• Green Book
• Human papilloma virus and HPV vaccine: A review

• CDC / Environmental issues and sterilisation in health care settings (HICPAC)
• Dinfection HTM2030

• Sterilistion of surgical instruments (DH 2006)
• Surgical instrument decontamination considering CJD (NICE 2007)
• Prevention of transmissable spongiform encephalopathies (ACDP TSE working group (DH 2009))
• Letter from CMO - sterilisation and CJD / NICE guidance March 07
• Infection control in dentistry (BDA)

• Guidance on Endoscope decontamination (MHRA)
• Endoscope rinse water standards (HIS)
• Endoscope disinfection (BSG 2008)
• Endoscope disinfection - top ten tips (BSG)

• NHS cleaning standards (NPSA)

• Clinical waste disposal
• HTM 07 - Safe management of healthcare waste
• Controlling the risk of infection at work from human remains
• Review on laboratory waste management
• CPA guidance on transport
• UN packaging regulations for transporting cultures

• Guidance on operating theatre commissioning (HIS)
• HTM03 - ventilation system design
• HTM03 part B - ventilation system management

• Best practice in isolation room design (from CMO)
• HBN4 - isolation room design

• Legionella in hospitals presentation (John Lee)
• Links to other HSE documents (including spa pool control)

• Review in JHI on catering in hospital (Barrie D, 33, 13-33)
• Management of outbreak of foodborne illness-FSA

• Health Act 2006 (2008 update)
• Summary of 2008 changes to Health Act
• Data protection act, Caldicott etc.

• HPA
• FSA
• Healthcare commission
• Standards for health (DH)
• NICE
• CHI
• HSE
• Clinical negligence scheme (CNST)

• Smallpox (DH)
• Handling Major Incidents (DH)
• Smallpox vaccination (DH)
• Initial management of outbreak of unusual illness (HPA)
• Clinical review of bioterrorism (BMJ)
• Deliberate release (HPA)

• Reviewing a guideline

Laboratory duties for notification (2010)

• Blue Skies (RCPath)
• Carter report on pathology modernisation
• Final Carter report

• Introducing new pathology tests (RCPath)
• Introduction and evaluation of molecular tests (review article)
• CPA website
• EQA standards (CPA)
• Quality control programmes

• Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
• RIDDOR - a guide
• COSHH
• ACDP classification of organisms
• Managing the risk of biological agents in laboratories (HSE)
• Designing a containment level 3 lab (MRC)
• TB lab evacuation policy TB lab spillage policy TB lab disinfection policy
• GMO (Contained Use Regulations) 2001

• Infection control and designing a new hospital

• Urine testing in the elderly in A+E (CMAJ 2007)
• Delirium as a predictor of dementia (JNNP 2000)
• Norovirus management bundle(HPA 2010)
• Bacterial toxins
• Paper on typing methods
• E coli O157 and open farms (HPA 2009)
  • Evolution of MRSA (CID)
  • PVL and MRSA
  • caMRSA in the US
  • Epidemiology of MRSA
• MRSA, C. diff and ESBLs in humans and animals (JAC 2010)
• Topics to be covered