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Guidelines & Manuals
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The Guidelines International Network is an international not-for-profit association of organisations and individuals involved in clinical practice guidelines. Founded in November 2002, G-I-N has now grown to 54 member organisations including WHO from 27 countries. G-I-N seeks to improve the quality of health care by promoting systematic development of clinical practice guidelines and their application into practice, through supporting international collaboration. |
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National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC) is a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. NGC is an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. |
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The 2nd Edition of the IFIC textbook Infection Control: Basic Concepts and Practices. The recommendations in this handbook are generally applicable to all healthcare units, but should be particularly useful to hospitals where resources are limited. Three new chapters are included in the 2nd edition: “The costs of hospital infection” by Gary French; “Economic evaluation in infection control” by Sanjay Saint; “Infection control information resources” by Nizam Damani. The 3rd Edition and, additionally, a series of monographs that explore each fundamental concept of IC are being developed; information will be posted to the IFIC website. |
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The AIHA Basic Infection Control Manual, 2nd Edition is a public domain document that contains internationally recognized principles and practices for the prevention of HAI and recommendations for hospital epidemiologists and health care administrators responsible for managing IC programs. The manual exists both in English and Russian. |
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WHO and its partners launched the Global Patient Safety Challenge with the theme "Clean Care is Safer Care" on Thursday, 13 October 2005. As part of the launch, the WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care (Advanced Draft) were made available |
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| Prevention of hospital-acquired infections: A practical guide. 2nd edition (WHO/CDS/CSR/EPH/2002/12) |  |
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Prevention of healthcare-associated infection in primary and community care. This guideline, published by National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), makes recommendations on the standard principles for preventing HAI and on measures for preventing infections associated with three specific aspects of care: the use of long-term urinary catheters, enteral feeding systems, and central venous catheters. |
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Recommendations of CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC):
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WHO Laboratory Biosafety Manual, 3rd Edition provides practical guidance on biosafety techniques for use in laboratories at all levels. For this new edition, the manual has been extensively revised and expanded. The manual now covers risk assessment and safe use of recombinant DNA technology, and provides guidelines for the comissioning and cetification of laboratories. Laboratory biosecurity concepts are introduced, and the latest regulations for the transport of infectious substances are reflected. Material on safety in health-care laboratories, previously published elsewhere by WHO, has also been incorporated. |
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Infection Control for Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers in the African Health Care Setting Manual prepared collaboratively by CDC and WHO. Available in English, Français, and Português. |
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| Yale New Haven Hospital Infection Control Manual |  |
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| University of Wisconsin Bloodborne Pathogens Reference and Training Manual | |||||
