Understanding and managing infection in adult social care
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Information resources to support understanding of health protection hazards in adult social care settings in England.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 7
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-16
- Category
- Safety & operations
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
Information resources to support understanding of health protection hazards in adult social care settings in England. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- Introduction
- Aim of this resource
- Who this resource is for
- The legal and regulatory context
- Regulation 9A: Visiting in care homes during outbreaks of infection
- Tenancy and obligations to individuals who access care and support in care homes
- Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)
- Domiciliary care
- Notifiable diseases and organisms
- Notification of outbreaks
- Understanding infection in ASC settings
- Multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO)
- Food-borne illnesses
- Contact
- References
- Further guidance
Source and licence
UK Health Security Agency
AttributionUK Health Security Agency, ‘Understanding and managing infection in adult social care’ (updated 26 August 2026), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.016/09/2026