Healthcare-acquired infections are one of the most frequent complications in the hospital,
causing suffering to both the patient and his family members.
Hospital stays are often prolonged due to healthcare-acquired infections, accompanied by
treatment failure and increasing healthcare costs.
According to...
This guideline covers preventing and treating surgical site infections in adults, young people and
children who are having a surgical procedure involving a cut through the skin. It focuses on
methods used before, during and after surgery to minimise the risk of infection....
This updated guideline responds to changes in healthcare delivery and addresses new concerns about transmission of infectious agents to patients and healthcare workers in the United States and infection control. The primary objective of the guideline is to improve the safety of the nation’s healthcare ...
This guideline covers preventing and treating surgical site infections in adults, young people and
children who are having a surgical procedure involving a cut through the skin. It focuses on
methods used before, during and after surgery to minimise the risk of infection....
Infection prevention and control consists of evidence-based measures intended to prevent exposure and reduce the risk of transmission of infectious agents.
The revised guidelines contain recommendations for specific administrative, environmental controls and respiratory protection, following the assessme...
This guideline covers the recognition, diagnosis and early management of sepsis for all populations. The guideline committee identified that the key issues to be included were: recognition and early assessment, diagnostic and prognostic value of blood markers for sepsis, initial treatment, escalating car...
Torres, A;
Niederman, M. S;
Chastre, J;
Ewig, S;
Fernandez-Vandellos, P;
Hanberger, H;
Kollef, M;
Li Bassi, G;
Luna, C. M;
Martin-Loeches, I;
Paiva, J. A;
Read, R. C;
Rigau, D;
Timsit, J. F;
Welte, T;
Wunderink, R.
The most recent European guidelines and task force reports on hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) were published almost 10 years ago. Since then, further randomised clinical trials of HAP and VAP have been conducted and new information has become available. Studi...
This guideline covers preventing and controlling healthcare-associated infections in children, young people and adults in primary and community care settings. It provides a blueprint for the infection prevention and control precautions that should be applied by everyone involved in delivering NHS care an...
Tacconelli, E;
Cataldo, MA;
Dancer, SJ;
De, Angelis, G;
Falcone, M;
Frank, U;
Kahlmeter, G;
Pan, A;
Petrosillo, N;
Rodríguez-Baño, J;
Singh, N;
Venditti, M;
Yokoe, DS;
Cookson, B.
Healthcare-associated infections due to multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria (MDR-GNB) are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. These evidence-based guidelines have been produced after a systematic review of published studies on infection prevention and control interventions aimed ...
Anti-Infective Agents, Local,
Chlorhexidine,
Bacterial Typing Techniques,
Cross Infection,
Disease Outbreaks/prevention & control,
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial,
Gram-Negative Bacteria/isolation & purification,
Hand Hygiene,
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice,
Infection Control,
Risk Factors,
Cross Infection/prevention & control,
Cross Infection/transmission,
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections/prevention & control,
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections/transmission
This quality improvement guide was produced by NICE, in partnership with the Health Protection Agency (HPA). Its aim is twofold: to reduce the risk of harm from healthcare-associated infections for patients, staff and visitors; and to reduce the costs associated with preventable infection. The guide aims...
