The World Health Organization Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care and their consensus recommendations.
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.
Pittet
Didier
D
Infection Control Program, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland. didier.pittet@hcuge.ch
Allegranzi
Benedetta
B
Boyce
John
J
D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D014943:Global Health; D006235:Hand Disinfection / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D006287:Health Planning Guidelines; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene / Q000592:standards*; D007391:International Cooperation; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D014944:World Health Organization