Toolkit for managing carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) in Scottish non-acute care settings
Publication Date: 28 September 2017
This guidance contains a set of recommendations and practical advice to reduce the spread of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) in non-acute and community settings in Scotland.
It has been adapted from Public Health England’s (PHE) 'Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae: non-acute and community toolkit'.
The associated 'Toolkit for the early detection, management and control of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Scottish acute settings' also available.
The following advice leaflets are also available on this site:
- Advice leaflet for individuals receiving care at home or in the community who have an infection with, or are colonised by carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE)
- Advice leaflet for the family of a person who is a carrier of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE)
- Advice leaflet for contacts of a carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) carrier
Resource information
- Publisher:
- Health Protection Scotland
- Publication type:
- Guideline and Guidance