Clean Care is Safer Care: The First Global Challenge of the WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety
| Autor: | Didier Pittet, Liam Donaldson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Microbiology (medical)
Handwashing medicine.medical_specialty Epidemiology International Cooperation MEDLINE Delivery of Health Care/ standards Antisepsis Cross Infection/ prevention & control World Health Organization Water Purification Scientific evidence Patient safety Waste Management Nursing Environmental protection SAFER Health care medicine Humans Health Education Quality of Health Care ddc:616 Cross Infection Infection Control/ methods/standards Infection Control business.industry Health Policy Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Delivery of Health Care/organization & administration/ standards Disinfection Infectious Diseases Alliance Health education Infection Control/ methods business Working group Delivery of Health Care Hand Disinfection |
| Zdroj: | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Vol. 26, No 11 (2005) pp. 891-894 American Journal of Infection Control, Vol. 33, No 8 (2005) pp. 476-479 |
| ISSN: | 1559-6834 0899-823X 0196-6553 |
| Popis: | Dr. Pittet is from the Global Patient Safety Challenge, WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety; and Dr. Donaldson is from the WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety, WHO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland. Address reprint requests to Didier Pittet, MD, MS, Director, Infection Control Programme, University of Geneva Hospitals, 24 rue Micheli-du-Crest, 1211 Geneva-14, Switzerland. didier.pittet@hcuge.ch © World Health Organization [2005]. All rights reserved. The World Health Organization has granted SLACK Incorporated permission for the reproduction of this article. The authors thank the group of international experts and WHO members who worked to the development of the Global Patient Safety Challenge, in particular for their participation to the two international WHO Consultations, review of the available scientific evidence, writing of the WHO draft Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care, and fostering discussion among authors and members of the different task forces and working groups. The complete list of participants in the development of the guidelines documents is available at www.who.int/patientsafety/events/05/27_AprilParticipantList.pdf (accessed August 8, 2005). They also thank the patient safety team and other WHO staff from all the departments involved at HQ and in the regional offices for their work, the members of the Infection Control Programme at the University of Geneva Hospitals, and Rosemary Sudan for providing editorial assistance and outstanding support. For further information on the World Alliance or the Global Patient Safety Challenge, go to www.who.int/patientsafety/en (accessed August 8, 2005). Clean Care is Safer Care: The First Global Challenge of the WHO World Alliance for Patient Safety |
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