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Birmingham infection control service and infection control champions

Birmingham Community Health Care Trust (BCHC) is currently commissioned to provide a dedicated Infection Prevention Control (IPC) service to Adult Social Care homes. The team provide IPC advice, outbreak support, and IPC training including IPC Champions training to care homes across the city.

Every care home has been asked to nominate an IPC Champion who should complete the IPC Champions Training Day. BCHC IPC care home team continue to support a growing network of over 500 IPC Champions to improve and sustain best IPC practice.

Find out more about the IPC Champion role within Birmingham adult and community care homes. The team is made of up of IPC Nurses, an IPC assistant, and team administrator. To contact the Infection Prevention and Control team, please email bchc.ipcdata1@nhs.net or phone 0121 466 6550.

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