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    WHO guidelines on hand hygiene in health care

    World Health Organization.
    The WHO guidelines on hand hygiene in health care provide health-care workers (HCWs), hospital administrators and health authorities with a thorough review of evidence on hand hygiene in health care and specific recommendations to improve practices and reduce transmission of pathogenic microorganisms to ...
    Hand Disinfection/standards, Hand Disinfection/methods, Cross Infection/prevention & control, Patient Safety/standards, Health Facilities/standards, Hand Sanitizers/classification
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    Summary of the international clinical guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired and ventilator-acquired pneumonia

    Torres, Antoni; Niederman, Michael S; Chastre, Jean; Ewig, Santiago; Fernandez-Vandellos, Patricia; Hanberger, Hakan; Kollef, Marin; Bassi, Gianluigi Li; Luna, Carlos M; Martin-Loeches, Ignacio; Paiva, J. Artur; Read, Robert C; Rigau, David; Timsit, Jean François; Welte, Tobias; Wunderink, Richard.
    ERJ open res; 4 (2), 2008
    Nosocomial pneumonia is a frequent infection that is classified into two groups [1]: HAP, which develops in hospitalised patients after 48 h of admission, and does not require (but may include) artificial ventilation at the time of diagnosis [2, 3]; and VAP, which occurs in intensive care unit (ICU) pati...
    Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia/prevention & control, Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia/therapy, Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia/diagnosis, Intensive Care Units/organization & administration, Patient Care/instrumentation, Cross Infection/prevention & control
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