WWL IPC & CIPC

Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Team and Community Infection Prevention and Control Team (CIPC) based at WWL.

[WWL IPC & CIPC @WWLIPC_CIPC]

✨ Hand Hygiene Display Board Competition Winners! ✨

▪️ICU
▪️Outpatients (TLC)
▪️Outpatients (Wrightington)

Thank you again to everyone who participated. A huge congratulations to our winners for their excellent displays.

Prizes will be delivered by the IPC team next week 🏆

[NHS England @NHSEngland]

In every department and throughout communities up and down the country, nurses make up the fabric of our NHS.

Thank you.

Happy International Nurses Day. #IND2026

[WWL IPC & CIPC @WWLIPC_CIPC]

World Hand Hygiene Day 2026 will be celebrated by WWL on Tuesday 5th May 2026 📣
Keep an eye out for members of the IPC team, who will be visiting wards and departments throughout the day delivering staff education sessions, fun games and activities 🫧 ✋🏼

[WWL NHS @WWLNHS]

🌟 The winner of the One Team Award (Clinical) is:

🏆 Infection Prevention and Control Team ⭐️

Sponsored by @mtxcontracts

#WWLSTARAwards

[WWL NHS @WWLNHS]

🌟 What an incredible night! The 2025 STAR Awards was all about celebrating the amazing achievements of our colleagues across WWL. Thank you to everyone who joined us and made it so special. Here’s to another year of excellence! 👏 #WWLSTARAwards

[WWL IPC & CIPC @WWLIPC_CIPC]

Our IPC Nurses Lauren and Grace have worked closely with the T-Level students today with an Infection Prevention and Control education session as part of their induction programme. This engagement is so important in keeping our patients and staff safe. #InfectionPrevention #WWL

[WWL IPC & CIPC @WWLIPC_CIPC]

We are going to the STAR awards
Feeling extremely grateful for the opportunity to be a part of the 2025 STAR awards 🌟 #WWLSTARAwards

[WWL NHS @WWLNHS]

The countdown is on! Tomorrow night we shine bright at our annual STAR Awards 🌟 where we will thank and recognise the hard work and dedication of our WWL colleagues. Join us here for live updates and the big winner announcements.

#WWLSTARAwards

[WWL IPC & CIPC @WWLIPC_CIPC]

IPC WINTER PREPARDNESS ❄️
Issue 2 Newsletter
#winter #flu #outbreak
@WWLNHS

[WWL IPC & CIPC @WWLIPC_CIPC]

Team baby shower for our lovely IPC nurse Nancy. 👶🏽🫶🏼
All the best for the birth of your baby girl
Love from your IPC team
@wwl_staffexp @WWLNHS

[WWL IPC & CIPC @WWLIPC_CIPC]

Another training day with SC Johnson
@SCJohnson
#handhygiene

[UK Health Security Agency @UKHSA]

#Norovirus is incredibly infectious, so if you’re feeling unwell stay home for 48 hours after symptoms stop as you are still infectious during this time. 🏠

[UK Health Security Agency @UKHSA]

Diarrhoea and vomiting is unpleasant for everyone. If you come down with a case, here is what you can do to reduce the spread. 🤢🚽
🔗 https://t.co/24rcSqx8GC

[WWL IPC & CIPC @WWLIPC_CIPC]

Remember your basics! 📖
1. Hand hygiene
2. Standard precautions
3. Respiratory hygiene
4. Environment and equipment cleaning
5. Appropriate PPE
6. Sharps
7. Transmission based precautions
8. Education
HELP STOP THE SPREAD OF INFECTION🦠

@WWLNHS @WWL_NHS_PET

[Three Wishes Charity @ThreeWishesWWL]

This Sunday, 18 amazing WWL staff are running the #Wigan10K to raise funds to refurbish the hospital’s bereavement suite. 💜

Help us create a more comforting space for grieving families. 👉https://t.co/yqrshXcWwz

Good luck, team! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️
#TeamWWL #ThreeWishesCharity

[WWL IPC & CIPC @WWLIPC_CIPC]

Please all support our fabulous IPC nurse on his run 100k September for macmillan
@macmillancancer @WWL_NHS_PET @k_mantron

[Lee Collins @LeeCollins26569]

I'm on a mission to raise £100 for Macmillan Cancer Support, and I can’t do it alone. Every donation, big or small, brings me one step closer to my fundraising goal. Will you join me in making a difference? 🙌 https://t.co/CNmmWsmfJR

[WWL IPC & CIPC @WWLIPC_CIPC]

@SCJohnson training over at Wrightington
Great engagement ⭐️
Wash often PROTECT ALWAYS 🫶🏼
@WWLNHS @k_mantron @wwl_staffexp #handhygiene #savelives

[WWL IPC & CIPC @WWLIPC_CIPC]

Check out our new IPC monthly themes
Starting off with
🍂 HELLO SIDEROOM SEPTEMBER 🍂

Click on the link below to see the SOP on isolation of infectious conditions

Just abit of IPC knowledge regarding side rooms

https://t.co/mgnHnft2i6

[Lee Collins @LeeCollins26569]

I'm on a mission to raise £100 for Macmillan Cancer Support, and I can’t do it alone. Every donation, big or small, brings me one step closer to my fundraising goal. Will you join me in making a difference? 🙌 https://t.co/CNmmWsmfJR

[UK Health Security Agency @UKHSA]

Illnesses such as measles and whooping cough can be serious. Vaccinating your child can help protect them and others.

To check if they are missing any vaccines, look in their red book or speak to your GP practice https://t.co/0DKYfLbT49

#GetVaccinated

[WWL IPC & CIPC @WWLIPC_CIPC]

IPC month 🦠
Fundamentals of care ❤️
Well done to the quiz winner
Claire Dutton CCU at Wigan
Thankyou for entering
Hope you enjoy your prize 🏆
@k_mantron @WWLNHS