WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care
Care guideline
Abstract:
The WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care provide
a comprehensive review of scientific data on hand hygiene
rationale and practices in health care. This extensive review
includes in one document sufficient technical information
to support training materials and help plan implementation
strategies. The document comprises six parts; for convenience,
the figures and tables are numbered to correspond to the part
and the section in which they are discussed:
• Part I reviews scientific data on hand hygiene practices in
health care and in health-care settings in particular.
• Part II reports consensus recommendations of the
international panel of experts mandated by WHO together
with grading of the evidence and proposes guidelines that
could be used worldwide.
• Part III discusses process and outcome measurements.
• Part IV proposes the promotion of hand hygiene on a large
scale.
• Part V covers the aspect of patient participation in hand
hygiene promotion.
• Part VI reviews existing national and sub-national guidelines
for hand hygiene