UKHSA Complex Lives
Overview
Welcome to the Complex Lives Infections Toolkit, from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)’s SouthWest Health Protection Team.
Our toolkit is designed to help individuals and staff living or working in complex lives settings with managing and preventing infections. As well as web links to information regarding infections, you can also find some resources on preventing infections (e.g. wound infections) including a recorded webinar.
Infection Prevention Control resources for hostels/ homeless settings
- Helping to prevent infection weblink: Helping to prevent infection | Quick guides to social care topics | Social care | NICE Communities | About | NICE
- Infection Control Guidance for Hostels
Infection Prevention Control resources for prisons and secure settings
- For many infection-specific resources, please see: Public health in prisons and secure settings – GOV.UK
- Management of incidents and outbreaks of communicable disease in secure settings. – GOV.UK
- Infection control in prisons and places of detention – GOV.UK
Information about infections for staff
Bacterial wound infections
- Wound infections factsheet
- Preventing Infections in Complex Lives – PDF slide set
- Preventing Infections in Complex Lives – recorded presentation
Tuberculosis (TB)
Blood-borne viruses
- The Hepatitis C Trust | Hep C charity (hepctrust.org.uk)
- HIV/AIDS – Home | Terrence Higgins Trust (tht.org.uk)
- Hepatitis B – Hepatitis B – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
Scabies
Information leaflets for clients
What do you think of our toolkit feedback?
Are we hitting the mark? Please let us know how useful this toolkit is by emailing winterreadinesspack@ukhsa.gov.uk
Need more information or advice?
If you can’t find what you need online, and think we might have the answer, you can find the contact details for your local Health Protection Team at https://www.gov.uk/health-protection-team