The World Health Organization has released a report on healthcare-associated infections, according to a WHO news release.
The document, "Report on the Burden of Endemic Health Care-Associated Infection Worldwide: Clean Care is Safer Care," reviews infection control literature and suggests strategies for improvement. The report concludes that the burden of HCAIs is particularly high for developing countries because of a lack of awareness and the addition of other health priorities.
WHO suggests several solutions, including identifying local determinants of the HCAI burden, improving reporting and surveillance systems at the institutional and national level, ensuring the implementation of core components for infection control, implementing standard precautions, improving staff education and accountability, conducting research to adapt and validate surveillance and conducting research on the potential involvement of patients and their families in HCAI reporting and control.
Read the WHO release on its report on healthcare-associated infections.
Read "Report on the Burden of Endemic Health Care-Associated Infection Worldwide: Clean Care is Safer Care" (pdf).
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The document, "Report on the Burden of Endemic Health Care-Associated Infection Worldwide: Clean Care is Safer Care," reviews infection control literature and suggests strategies for improvement. The report concludes that the burden of HCAIs is particularly high for developing countries because of a lack of awareness and the addition of other health priorities.
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WHO suggests several solutions, including identifying local determinants of the HCAI burden, improving reporting and surveillance systems at the institutional and national level, ensuring the implementation of core components for infection control, implementing standard precautions, improving staff education and accountability, conducting research to adapt and validate surveillance and conducting research on the potential involvement of patients and their families in HCAI reporting and control.
Read the WHO release on its report on healthcare-associated infections.
Read "Report on the Burden of Endemic Health Care-Associated Infection Worldwide: Clean Care is Safer Care" (pdf).
Related Articles on Infection Control:
Acceptability of Suction Canister Use on Multiple Patients: Q&A With Jan Davidson of AORN
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