Purpose
The purpose of this document is to describe the Standard Operating Procedure and IPC measures required for managing patients with Notifiable or High Consequence Infectious Diseases (HCID).
High Consequence Infectious Diseases are listed here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/high-consequence-infectious-diseases-hcid#list-of-high-consequence-infectious-diseases
-Mpox not listed here but it is listed on this link https://www.gov.uk/guidance/high-consequence-infectious-disease-country-specific-risk
Notifiable Diseases are listed here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/notifiable-diseases-and-causative-organisms-how-to-report#list-of-notifiable-organisms-causative-agents
This SoP must be used for all people with suspected/confirmed cases of either of these groups of diseases.