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WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care : First Global Patient Safety Challenge. Clean Care is Safer Care
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hand washing--Prevention.
- Hand washing.
- Hygiene--Standards.
- Hygiene.
- Cross infection.
- Health facilities.
- Hand Disinfection--standards.
- Cross Infection--prevention & control.
- Health Facilities--standards.
- Medical Subjects:
- Hand Disinfection--standards.
- Cross Infection--prevention & control.
- Health Facilities--standards.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (272 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Geneva : World Health Organization, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Part I. Review of Scientific Data Related to Hand Hygiene; Part II. Consensus Recommendations; Part III. Process and Outcome Measurement; Part IV. Towards a General Model of Campaigning for Better Hand Hygiene: A National Approach to Hand Hygiene Improvement; Part V. Patient Involvement in Hand Hygiene Promotion; Part VI. Comparison of National and Sub-National Guidelines for Hand Hygiene; Appendices; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 92-4-068773-4
- OCLC:
- 787842497
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