Infection Control Guidelines Personal Protective Equipment Isolation Precautions Ventilation Environmental Decontamination Outreach Service Notification of Communicable Diseases Prevention of Sharps Injury and Mucocutaneous Exposure to Blood and Body Fluids Scabies Management Recommendations from Scientific Committee on Infection Control Prevention of Surgical Site Infection Prevention of Intravascular Catheter Associated Bloodstream Infection Last updated: 20 July 2009 With the establishment of Infection Control Branch (ICB) of the Centre for Health Protection, we take the initiation of networking the infection control professionals, field specialists and Central Committee on Infectious Diseases & Emergency Responses, Hospital Authority to develop a territory-wide infection control guidelines in Hong Kong. The aim of preparing this volume of infection control guidelines is to provide a professional reference to infection control practitioners throughout the healthcare related settings from hospital to community.