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Infection Control and Infectious Disease

Healthcare-Associated Infections

• Centre for Health Protection (CHP). Scientific Committee on Infection Control. Recommendations on Prevalence Survey of Hospital Acquired Infections (November 2018)
• Centre for Health Protection (CHP). The Sixth Edition of Interhospital Multi-disciplinary Programme on Antimicrobial ChemoTherapy (IMPACT)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), US. Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), US. Fact sheet
• European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Healthcare-associated infections
• National Health Service England (NHS England). Healthcare associated infections
• World Health Organization (WHO). Global report on infection prevention and control 2024
• World Health Organization (WHO). Surveillance of health care-associated infections at national and facility levels

Surgical Site Infection

• Centre for Health Protection (CHP). Scientific Committee on Infection Control. Recommendations on Prevention of Surgical Site Infection (December 2025)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), US. Surgical Site Infection Basics
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), US. Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Prevention Guideline
• World Health Organization (WHO). Preventing Surgical Site Infections: Implementation Approaches for Evidence-based Recommendations
• World Health Organization (WHO). SURGICAL SITE INFECTION PREVENTION. Key facts on surgical site skin preparation
• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Surgical site infections: prevention and treatment
• The Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control (APSIC). The Guidelines for The Prevention of Surgical Site Infections
• Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. SHEA/IDSA guidelines. Strategies to prevent surgical site infections in acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update

Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia

• Centre for Health Protection (CHP). Scientific Committee on Infection Control. Recommendations on Prevention of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia (November 2018)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), US. Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia Prevention Guideline
• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Pneumonia: diagnosis and management
• Clinical Infectious Diseases. Management of Adults With Hospital-acquired and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia
• Science Direct. Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia.

Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI)

• Centre for Health Protection (CHP). Scientific Committee on Infection Control. Recommendations on Prevention of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (March 2017)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), US. Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) Basics
• The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). Guide to Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (2025)
• Medscape. Catheter-Related Urinary Tract Infection (UTI): Transmission and Pathogens, Guidelines for Catheter Use, Diagnosis.
• Ausmed. Prevent Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI).

Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CABSI)

• Centre for Health Protection (CHP). Recommendations on Prevention of Intravascular Catheter Associated Bloodstream Infection (December 2024)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), US. Intravascular Catheter-related Infection (BSI) Prevention Guidelines