Working Groups 
The Health Protection Network Steering Group recommends that the structure for a national network should be based on current and future topic-based subgroups or Working Groups involving a wide range of disciplines.
These Groups should be asked by the Steering group to develop guidance on good practice as it relates to specific areas of health protection, following template and evidence-based principles previously outlined by the Steering Group.
In this work, they will be supported (e.g. appraisal of the evidence, setting standards) by HPS staff with expertise in the topic being considered and standard setting.
Existing working groups reporting to the HPN Steering Group
- Exclusion criteria for Childcare settings
- Guidance on HIV prevention for the MSM community (part of the HIV Action Plan)
- Scottish Guidance on the Diagnosis and Management of PVL-associated Staphylococcus aureus Infections (Review of the HPA guidance)
- Review of the 2010 HPN Guidelines for the Control of Measles Incidents and Outbreaks in Scotland
- Review of the 2009 HPN Guidance on TB: Clinical diagnosis and management and measures for its prevention and control
- Review of the 2009 HPN Guidelines on Management of Legionella Incidents, Outbreaks and Clusters
New programmes for Working Groups
- Multi-drug resistance
- Management of Immunisation of the Immunosuppressed
- Guidelines for the Investigation and Management of Zoonotic diseases in Scotland
- Guidelines for the Control and Prevention of Infections in Care Homes
Last reviewed: 27 October 2011
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