title: New guidelines for prevention of HCAIs in acute care.
abstract: This article, the first in a seven-part series, explains the process undertaken in revising the epic national evidence-based guidelines for preventing healthcare-associated infections (Pratt et al, 2001). In the following weeks each section of the guidelines, with evidence supporting the recommendations and suggested audit criteria, will be published in a new Infection Control section on nursingtimes.net.
authors.affiliation: Thames Valley University, London.
authors.forename: Carol M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Pellowe
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006287:Health Planning Guidelines; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic