Storr, Julie; Twyman, Anthony; Zingg, Walter; Damani, Nizam; Kilpatrick, Claire; Reilly, Jacqui; Price, Lesley; Egger, Matthias; Grayson, M Lindsay; Kelley, Edward; Allegranzi, Benedetta (2017). Core components for effective infection prevention and control programmes: new WHO evidence-based recommendations. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 6(1), p. 6. BioMed Central 10.1186/s13756-016-0149-9
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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 preventable through effective infection prevention and control (IPC) measures. Improvements in IPC at the national and facility level are critical for the successful containment of antimicrobial resistance and the prevention of HAI, including outbreaks of highly transmissible diseases through high quality care within the context of universal health coverage. Given the limited availability of IPC evidence-based guidance and standards, the World Health Organization (WHO) decided to prioritize the development of global recommendations on the core components of effective IPC programmes both at the national and acute health care facility level, based on systematic literature reviews and expert consensus. The aim of the guideline development process was to identify the evidence and evaluate its quality, consider patient values and preferences, resource implications, and the feasibility and acceptability of the recommendations. As a result, 11 recommendations and three good practice statements are presented here, including a summary of the supporting evidence, and form the substance of a new WHO IPC guideline.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Egger, Matthias |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services |
ISSN: |
2047-2994 |
Publisher: |
BioMed Central |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Beatrice Minder Wyssmann |
Date Deposited: |
08 Jun 2017 10:50 |
Last Modified: |
07 Jan 2024 00:55 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1186/s13756-016-0149-9 |
PubMed ID: |
28078082 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Antimicrobial resistance Bed occupancy HAI Hand hygiene IPC education IPC guideline IPC practices IPC programmes Infection prevention and control Multimodal strategy Staffing Surveillance Universal health coverage Workforce Workload |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.101237 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/101237 |
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