• Manual of Infection Prevention and Control, Nizam Damani, Oxford University, 4^thedition
• Essentials of Hospital Infection Control, Apurba Sastry, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, 2019
• Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett`s Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 9<sup>th</sup>Edition
• Ananthanarayan and Paniker`s T.B of Microbiology, 12^thedition
• Essentials of Medical Pharmacology, KD Tripathi, 8^thedition

• Hand Hygiene guidelines by CDC
• Hand hygiene training slides by the WHO
• Hand Hygiene tools and methods by the WHO

Isolation Precautions:

• Type and Duration of isolation precautions for infections and conditions – a summary by CDC

Health Care Associated Infections:

• National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), Centre for Disease Control (CDC)& Prevention, US, Patient Safety Component Manual
• HAI surveillance by NHSN, CDC
• Health care infection control practices advisory committee (HICPAC) guidelines
• Bundles in Infection Prevention and Safety by ISID
• Free learning materials from CDC-AIIMS India initiative

Housekeeping Practices:

• Housekeeping practices guidelines – KAYAKALP
• National Guidelines on Infection Prevention and Control in Health Care facilities by MOHFW, India
• Best Practices for Environmental Cleaning in Health Care Facilities in Resource Limited Settings
• Linen and Laundry Management by CDC

Bio Medical Waste Management:

• Central Pollution Control Board Guidelines for Biomedical waste management 2016 and its amendments
• Safe Management of Wastes from Health Care activities by the World Health Organization

Outbreak Management:

• Outbreak Management in Health Care setting by CDC
• Quick learn: How to create an Epi Curve

Environmental Surveillance:

• Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health Care Facilities, CDC
• Microbial Safety of Drinking Water, By Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, World Health Organization 
• HVAC

Sterilisation and Disinfection:

• Guidelines for disinfection and sterilization in health care facilities, 2008, CDC

IPC in Dietary:

• Food and Safety guidelines, FSSAI
• General Principles of Food Hygiene, FAO

Vaccination and Post Exposure Prophylaxis:

• Recommended Vaccines for health care workers
• Post Exposure Prophylaxis for individual disease – Refer Harrisons Text book of internal medicine or CDC website

NABH Standards in Hospital Infection Control:

• NABH standards, 5^thedition

Statistical tools:

• HAI statistics
• Principles of Epidemiology in public health practice

Note: The above materials are for reference purpose only. The questions may come out of these topics which are related to infection prevention and control, especially if there are any recent updates.

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