CFPP 01-01 Management And Decontamination Of Surgical Instruments(PDF 1.25MB)

Part A:The formulation of local policy and choices

CFPP 01-01 Management And Decontamination Of Surgical Instruments (PDF 795KB)

Part B:Common elements

CFPP 01-01 Management And Decontamination Of Surgical Instruments(PDF 1.91MB)

Part C:Steam sterilization

Directory of Colon and Rectal Cancer Specialist Teams

The Directory of Colon and Rectal Cancer Specialist Teams has been produced under the auspices of the Northern Ireland Regional Advisory Committee on Cancer. It contains details of the full membership of the clinical teams providing care for colon and rectal cancer in each of Health and Social Services Board Area. Lead Clinicians For Colon and Rectal Cancer Services (PDF 74 KB) EHSSB (PDF 198 KB) NHSSB (PDF 107 KB) SHSSB (PDF 130 KB) WHSSB (PDF 131 KB)

Directory of Lung Cancer Specialist Teams

The Directory of Lung Cancer Specialist Teams has been produced under the auspices of the Northern Ireland Regional Advisory Committee on Cancer. It contains details of the full membership of the clinical teams providing care in each of Health and Social Services Board Area. Lead Clinicians for Lung Cancer Services (PDF 74 KB) EHSSB (PDF 140 KB) NHSSB (PDF 106 KB) SHSSB (PDF 115 KB) WHSSB (PDF 126 KB)

Directory of Familial Cancer Genetics Specialist Teams

The Directory of Familial Cancer Genetics Specialist Teams has been produced under the auspices of the Northern Ireland Regional Advisory Committee on Cancer. It contains details of the full membership of the clinical teams providing care in each of Health and Social Services Board Area. Lead Clinicians for Familial Cancer Genetics Service (PDF 58 KB) Eastern (PDF 68 KB) Northern (PDF 61 KB) Southern (PDF 62 KB) Western (PDF 11 KB) The Directory will be updated on an annual basis. Please e-mail amendments to:- irene.wilkinson@dhsspsni.gov.uk

Review of Drug Co-Ordination Teams - Final Report

Report by Deloitte & Touche October 2002

Paediatric Surgical Services in Northern Ireland (PDF 309KB)

Report of a Working Group

CFPP 01-01 Management And Decontamination Of Surgical Instruments(PDF 848KB)

Part D:Washer-disinfectors

CFPP 01-01 Management And Decontamination Of Surgical Instruments(PDF 234KB)

Part E:Alternatives to steam for the sterilization of reusable medical devices

A guideline for transfusion of red blood cells in surgical patients

Use of red blood cell transfusion in surgical patients must be based on clear expectation of benefit, based on the best available evidence. Transfusing patients with allogeneic blood exposes them to risks such as infection, adverse immunological or other morbid events Download the Report here

Care pathway and model for community forensic teams in Northern Ireland

Care pathway and model for community forensic teams in Northern Ireland, October, 2011.

Northern Ireland Point Prevalence Survey of Hospital-acquired Infections and Antimicrobial Use 2012

The PHA�coordinated Northern Ireland's participation in ECDC's National Prevalence Survey on�Hospital-Acquired Infections & on Antimicrobial Use. Hospitals in Northern Ireland participated in data collection between May and June 2012.This report provides a snapshot of the levels of hospital-acquired infections (HAI) and levels of antimicrobial use (AMU) in hospitals in Northern Ireland during 2012.There have been three previous HAI PPS surveys and the last survey was carried out in 2006. It is difficult to compare each survey as the data was collected in a different way. However, after making allowances, there was an overall drop in HAI prevalence of 18% from 2006 to 2012.The PPS data collection was undertaken by hospital teams between May and June 2012 (one hospital deferred data collection until September 2012 because of a move to a new hospital); 16 hospitals surveyed 3,992 eligible patients. The median age of all patients was 66 years. A total of 383 (10 per cent) children under 16 years of age were surveyed.�Key results from this year's survey:The prevalence of HAI was 4.2%. A total of 166 patients were diagnosed with an active HAI with 3 patients having more than one infection.When comparing ward specialties, HAI prevalence was highest for patients in adult intensive care units (ICUs) at 9.1 per cent, followed by care of the elderly wards at 5.7%.The most common types of HCAI were respiratory infections (including pneumonia and infections of the lower respiratory tract) (27.9 per cent of all infections), surgical site infections (18.9 per cent) and urinary tract infections (UTI) (11.8 per cent).Since the last PPS in 2006 there has been a reduction in MRSA infections - from 0.9 per cent �of the hospital population to less than 0.1 per cent in patients; and a five-fold reduction in C. difficile infections (from 1.1 per cent to 0.2 per cent).The prevalence of antimicrobial use was 29.5%.Most antibiotic use (60 per cent) in hospitals was in patients receiving treatment for infections which commenced in the community. Eleven percent of surgical prophylaxis was prescribed for greater than one day.��