This document provides rapid advice on the use of medical masks in communities, at home and at healthcare facilities in areas that have reported outbreaks caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). It is intended for public health and infection prevention and control (IPC) professionals, healthcar...
Carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bacteria, namely, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) (for example, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli), Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPsA), are a matter of national and international concern as they are an emerging cause of...
Health care-associated infections (HAI) are one of the most common adverse events in care delivery and a major public health problem with an impact on morbidity, mortality and quality of life. At any one time, up to 7% of patients in developed and 10% in developing countries will acquire at least one HAI...
Surgical site infections are caused by bacteria that get in through incisions made during surgery. They threaten the lives of millions of patients each year and contribute to the spread of antibiotic resistance. In low- and middle-income countries, 11% of patients who undergo surgery are infected in the ...
The revised guidelines present two major changes to existing guidelines: (A) there are now just 2 categories of pneumonia instead of 3 (“pneumonia” which is treated at home with oral amoxicillin and “severe pneumonia” which requires injectable antibiotics) and (B) oral amoxicillin replaces oral c...
Pneumonia/drug therapy,
Anti-Bacterial Agents/administration & dosage,
Severity of Illness Index,
Health Facilities,
Amoxicillin/administration & dosage,
Gentamicins/administration & dosage,
Chloramphenicol/administration & dosage,
Ampicillin/administration & dosage,
Ceftriaxone/administration & dosage,
Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination/administration & dosage
This guidance is an update of WHO global influenza preparedness plan, the role of WHO and recommendations for national measures before and during pandemics, published by WHO in March 2005. The information and recommendations contained in this guidance document are the product of expert. In light of these...
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 ...
This document is an evidence-based policy for the implementation of sound tuberculosis (TB) infection control by all stakeholders. TB infection control is a combination of measures aimed at minimizing the risk of TB transmission within populations. The foundation of infection control is early and rapid d...
This Policy Statement examines the role of HIV testing and counselling in health facilities in increasing access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services for refugees, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and other persons of concern to UNHCR....
Birkmeyer, John D;
Bronner, Kristen K;
Bubolz, Thomas A;
Campbell, Diane E;
Fisher, Elliott S;
O’Connor, Gerald T;
Poage, James F;
Sharp, Sandra M;
Skinner, Jonathan S;
Stukel, Thérèse A;
Wennberg, David E.
The United States leads the world, by a substantial measure, in its monetary commitment to medical care. If, as we have long believed, more care is better care, then American medicine must surely be the best in the world. But where is the “best” of American medicine?
Previous editions of the Atlas h...
