Under Hospital Derived Infections section from WHO published on 2017 What Is This Guideline About? The objective of this guidelines is to provide recommendations on the early recognition and specific required infection prevention and control (IPC) practices and procedures to effectively prevent the infection in health care facilities. It focuses on the occurrence and control of the spread of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae , Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRE-CRAB-CRPsA) colonization or infection in health care facilities. What Was Need For Guideline?
The Guidelines Development Group (GDG) was particularly concerned about the burden of illness associated with infection and colonization due to CRE-CRAB-CRPsA. They considered the development of IPC guidelines as an urgent priority to stop the spread of these microorganisms. Various reasons are associated with…
