Reporting templates for hygiene code inspections

We have developed lines of enquiry for each duty of the hygiene code, to guide our assessors. When reporting on a trust's compliance, they use a separate template for each duty, which includes the relevant lines of enquiry. To view the templates, click on the links below.

Duty 2: Duty to have in place appropriate management systems for infection prevention and control (pdf 59kb) (opens new window)

Duty 3: Duty to assess risks of acquiring HCAI and to take action to reduce or control such risks (pdf 50kb) (opens new window)

Duty 4: Duty to provide and maintain a clean and appropriate environment for healthcare (pdf 59kb) (opens new window)

Duty 5: Duty to provide information on HCAI to patients and the public (pdf 45kb) (opens new window)

Duty 6: Duty to provide information when a patient moves from the care of one healthcare body to another (pdf 39kb) (opens new window)

Duty 7: Duty to ensure cooperation (pdf 39kb) (opens new window)

Duty 8: Duty to provide adequate isolation facilities (pdf 40kb) (opens new window)

Duty 9: Duty to ensure adequate laboratory support (pdf 40kb) (opens new window)

Duty 10: Duty to adhere to policies and protocols applicable to infection prevention and control (pdf 75kb) (opens new window)

Duty 11: Duty to ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, that healthcare workers are free of, and are protected from, exposure to communicable infections during the course of their work, and that all staff are suitably educated in the prevention and control of HCAI (pdf 54kb) (opens new window)

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