1Infection prevention and control should be effectively governed and managed.
2Structures should be in place to effectively implement infection prevention and control.
3The physical environment, facilities and resources should be managed to minimise the risk of infection to patients, staff and visitors.
4All staff should be recruited, trained, educated and managed in order to prevent and control the spread of infection.
5Infection data should be collected, processed, monitored and responded to and reported in a timely and accurate manner.
6Hand hygiene practices that prevent, control and reduce the risk of the spread of infections should be in place.
7The spread of transmissible diseases should be prevented, managed and controlled.
8Infections from medical devices should be reduced or prevented.
9Microbiological services should be available in a timely and effective manner to support infection prevention and control.
10Infection outbreaks should be detected, managed and controlled in a timely, efficient and effective manner in order to reduce the spread of infection.
11Healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance should be monitored, audited and reported through systematic surveillance.
12There should be systems in place to reduce and control antimicrobial resistance.