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Specialist Healthcare

Casting and Splinting
The Association of Orthopaedic Technicians (AOT)
http://www.aot-uk.com		 British Orthopaedic Association (BOA)
http://www.boa.ac.uk
Castaways
http://www.castaways.org.uk		  

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Diagnostics
Association of Operating Department Practitioners (AODP)
http://www.aodp.org		 BMJ Publishing Group (BMJPG)
http://www.bmjpg.com
British Heart Foundation (BHF)
http://www.bhf.org.uk		 British Thoracic Society (BTS)
http://www.brit-thoracic.org.uk
Resuscitation Council UK
http://www.resus.co.uk

Society for Cardiological Science & Technology (SCST)
http://www.scst.org.uk/

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Eye Occlusion
American Orthoptic Journal (AOJ)
http://www.aoj.org		 International Society for Eye Research (ISER)
http://www.iser.org

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Infection Prevention
Association for Perioperative Practitioners (AfPP)
http://www.afpp.org.uk		 Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
http://www.aorn.org
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
http://www.apic.org		 Association of Operating Department Practitioners (AODP)
http://www.aodp.org
British Orthopaedic Association (BOA)
http://www.boa.ac.uk		 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov
Department of Health (DoH)
http://www.dh.gov.uk		 European Operating Room Nurses Association (EORNA)
http://www.eorna.org
Hospital Infection Society (HIS)
http://www.his.org.uk		 Infection Control Nurses Association (ICNA)
http://www.icna.co.uk
John Hopkins - Infection Control
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/heic		 National Association of Assistants in Surgical Practice (NAASP)
http://www.naasp.org.uk
NHS Estates
http://www.nhsestates.gov.uk		 National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
http://www.nice.org.uk
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
http://www.osha.gov		 Public Health Laboratory Services (HPA)
http://www.phls.co.uk

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Skin Care & Wound Management
American Academy of Wound Management (AAWM)
http://www.aawm.org		 Association for Perioperative Practitioners (AfPP)
http://www.afpp.org.uk
Centre for Evidence-Based Nursing(CEBN)
http://www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/		 Dressings.org
http://www.dressings.org
European Academy of Dermatology (EADV)
http://www.eadv.org		 European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (EPUAP)
http://www.epuap.org
European Tissue Repair Society (ETRS)
http://www.etrs.org/		 European Wound Management Association (EWMA)
http://www.ewma.org
Ileostomy & Internal Pouch Association (ia)
http://www.the-ia.org.uk		 Journal of Wound Care (JWC)
http://www.journalofwoundcare.com
Surgical Materials Testing Laboratory (SMTL)
http://www.smtl.co.uk		 Tissue Viability Nurses Association (TVNA)
http://www.tvna.org
Tissue Viability Society (TVS)
http://www.tvs.org.uk		 World Wide Wounds
http://www.smtl.co.uk/world-wide-wounds/
Wound Care Society (WCS)
http://www.woundcaresociety.org		 Wound Care Net
http://www.woundcarenet.com
Wound Care Institute (WCI)
http://www.woundcare.org		 The Wound Healing Research Unit
http://www.whru.co.uk
WoundSpecialist.com
http://www.woundspecialist.com		 WoundUpdate.com
http://www.woundupdate.com

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Sterilization
British Standards Institution (BSI)
http://www.bsi-global.com		 European Forum for Hospital Sterile Supply (EFHSS)
http://www.efhss.com
Institute of Decontamination Sciences (IDSc)
http://www.idsc-uk.org		 NHS Estates
http://www.nhsestates.gov.uk

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Government, Industry, Regulatory and Trade Association

Clinical Evidence
Cochrane Library
http://www.cochrane.org/		 National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
http://www.nice.org.uk/

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Government Health
Department of Health (DoH)
http://www.dh.gov.uk		 Health of Wales Information Service (HOWIS)
http://www.wales.nhs.uk
NHS Clinical Governance Support Team (CGST)
http://www.cgsupport.nhs.uk		 NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA)
http://www.pasa.doh.gov.uk
Northern Ireland Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
http://www.nics.gov.uk/hss.htm		 Office of National Statistics
http://www.statistics.gov.uk
Scottish Health on the Web (SHOW)
http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk		  

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Health Organisations
World Health Organisation (WHO)
http://www.who.int/en		  

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Industry Standards
British Standards Institution (BSI)
http://www.bsi-global.com		  

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Medical & Nursing Bodies
An Bord Altranais (Irish Nursing Board)
http://www.nursingboard.ie		 British Medical Association (BMA)
http://www.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/content/splashpage
Foundation of Nursing Studies (FoNS)
http://www.fons.org		 International Council of Nurses (ICN)
http://www.icn.ch
Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS)
http://www.rcseng.ac.uk		 Tissue Viability Nurses Association (TVNA)
http://www.tvna.org

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Nursing Journals
British Journal of Nursing (BJN)
http://www.britishjournalofnursing.com		 Journal of Community Nursing (JCN)
http://www.jcn.co.uk
Nursing Standard
http://www.nursing-standard.co.uk		 Nursing Times
http://www.nursingtimes.net

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Regulatory Bodies
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
http://www.mhra.gov.uk		  

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Trade Associations
Association of British Health Care Industries (ABHI)
http://www.abhi.org.uk		 Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI)
http://www.abpi.org.uk
Surgical Dressings Manufacturers Association (SDMA)
http://www.sdma.org.uk		  

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Personal Care Links
Continence Worldwide
http://www.continenceworldwide.org		 European Disposables and Nonwovens Association
http://www.edana.org
Nonwovens Information and Business Network
http://www.nonwovens.com		 Nonwovens Industry
http://www.nonwovens-industry.com
Nonwovens World
http://www.nonwovensworld.com		 John R. Starr Inc.
http://www.johnrstarr.com

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SDMA Code of Practice

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