The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) in Ireland has published revised national standards for the prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections in acute healthcare services. HIQA’s revision of the National standards for the prevention and control of healthcare- associated infections in acute healthcare services outlines 29 standards that reflect up-to-date infection prevention and control best practice, with the objective of reducing healthcare -associated infections. Healthcare-associated infections are infections such as surgical site infection, pneumonia, urinary tract infection, bloodstream infection and gastroenteritis.
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