The World Health Organization Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care and their consensus recommendations.
- Pittet D Infection Control Program, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland. didier.pittet@hcuge.ch
- Allegranzi B
- Boyce J
- 2009-06-11
Published in:
- Infection control and hospital epidemiology. - 2009
Cross Infection
Global Health
Hand Disinfection
Health Planning Guidelines
Humans
Hygiene
International Cooperation
Personnel, Hospital
World Health Organization
English
The World Health Organization's Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care have been issued by WHO Patient Safety on 5 May 2009 on the occasion of the launch of the Save Lives: Clean Your Hands initiative. The Guidelines represent the contribution of more than 100 international experts and provide a comprehensive overview of essential aspects of hand hygiene in health care, evidence- and consensus-based recommendations, and lessons learned from testing their Advanced Draft and related implementation tools.
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- DOI 10.1086/600379
- PMID 19508124
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- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/221842
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