Helping services get ready for winter
Every winter health and care providers experience additional demand for services due to an increase in seasonal viruses. These include:
These infections can spread quickly in areas such as hospital wards or care homes causing service users and staff to become unwell.
ARHAI Scotland have launched a winter preparedness campaign page within the National Infection Prevention and Control Manual (NIPCM) to help support organisations in preparing for and managing the most common seasonal infections.
It includes:
- winter planning preparation and communications
- incident and outbreak management
- seasonal review and improvement
The campaign pages will be updated in real time throughout the winter period.
Find out more at the winter preparedness campaign page
November, 26 2024