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 Otaíza, 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
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85008626271&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/57777
• 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 prev...