McSherry, RobertBlain, JanetKumah, Elizabeth2024-11-042024-11-042024-12-03McSherry, R., Blain, J., & Kumah, E. (2024). Safeguarding care home residents and staff against infectious disease outbreaks: Development of a new toolkit. Nursing and Residential Care, 26(11), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.12968/nrec.2024.00381465-930110.12968/nrec.2024.0038http://hdl.handle.net/10034/629108This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in [Nursing and Residential Care], copyright © MA Healthcare, after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/full/10.12968/nrec.2024.0038?checkFormatAccess=trueThis commentary introduces the PROTECToolkit (referred to as the “Toolkit”) which aims to address the relevant factors associated with infectious disease outbreaks and infection prevention and control (IPC) in nursing and residential care homes.Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Care homesPandemicInfectious diseaseOutbreaksInfection prevention and controlArticle2052-2932Nursing and Residential Care26