title: Preventing infections acquired during health-care delivery.
authors.affiliation: First Global Patient Safety Challenge, World Alliance for Patient Safety, WHO, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Benedetta
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Allegranzi
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pittet
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*