WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care : First Global Patient Safety Challenge. Clean Care is Safer Care



Bok Engelsk 2009 · Electronic books.
Utgitt
Geneva : : World Health Organization, , 2009.
Omfang
1 online resource (272 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - 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; Aknowledgements. - The WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care provide health-care workers (HCWs) hospitaladministrators and health authorities with a thorough review of evidence on hand hygiene in health care andspecific recommendations to improve practices and reduce transmission of pathogenic microorganisms topatients and HCWs. The present Guidelines are intended to be implemented in any situation in which health careis delivered either to a patient or to a specific group in a population. Therefore this concept applies to all settingswhere health care is permanently or occasionally performed such as hom
Emner
Sjanger
Dewey
613
ISBN
92-4-068773-4

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