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Updated Environmental Decontamination Literature Review and associated NIPCM and CHIPCM content
26 Mar 2026
The Safe Management of the Care Environment (Environmental Decontamination and Management of Blood and Body Fluid Spillages) Literature Review has been updated as part of its scheduled review cycle. This review now incorporates Management of Blood and Body Fluid Spillages in Health and Care Settings.
This update was completed using the revised methodology, with further detail on this process available in the associated development process documentation.
A set of supporting documents have been published alongside the Literature Review including:
- Considered Judgement Forms
- Evidence Tables
- Summary of Recommendations and Good Practice Points.
These can be viewed on the Safe Management of the Care Environment (Environmental Decontamination and Management of Blood and Body Fluid Spillages) Literature Review web page.