WHO guidelines on hand hygiene in health care first global patient safety challenge clean care is safer care
The WHO guidelines on hand hygiene in health care provide health-care workers (HCWs), hospital administrators and health authorities with a thorough review of evidence on hand hygiene in health care and specific recommendations to improve practices and reduce transmission of pathogenic microorganism...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Geneva
World Health Organization, Patient Safety
[2009], 2009
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| Collection: | National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The WHO guidelines on hand hygiene in health care provide health-care workers (HCWs), hospital administrators and health authorities with a thorough review of evidence on hand hygiene in health care and specific recommendations to improve practices and reduce transmission of pathogenic microorganisms to patients and HCWs. The present guidelines are intended to be implemented in any situation in which health care is delivered either to a patient or to a specific group in a population. Therefore, this concept applies to all settings where health care is permanently or occasionally performed, such as home care by birth attendants. Definitions of health-care settings are proposed in Appendix 1 |
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| Item Description: | Title from PDF title page |
| Physical Description: | 1 PDF file (v, 262 pages) illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9789241597906 |