Core components for effective infection prevention and control programmes: New WHO evidence-based recommendations

• Main Authors: Julie Storr, Anthony Twyman, Walter Zingg, Nizam Damani, Claire Kilpatrick, Jacqui Reilly, Lesley Price, Matthias Egger, M. Lindsay Grayson, Edward Kelley, Benedetta Allegranzi, An Caluwaerts, Riham El-Asady, Dale Fisher, Petra Gastmeier, Alison Holmes, Kushlani Jayatilleke, Mary Louise McLaws, Geeta Mehta, Shaheen Mehtar, Babacar Ndoye, Fernando Ota�za, Maria Clara Padoveze, Benjamin Park, Pierre Parneix, Didier Pittet, Valerie Robertson, Nanah Sesay-Kamara, Wing Hong Seto, Maha Talaat, Akeau Unahalekhaka, Evangelina Vazquez Curiel
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85008626271&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/47266
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

� 2017 World Health Organization. Health care-associated infections (HAI) are a major public health problem with a significant impact on morbidity, mortality and quality of life. They represent also an important economic burden to health systems worldwide. However, a large proportion of HAI are pr...