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WHO publish global report on infection prevention and control
HPS Weekly Report ; 56:18, 2022.
Article in English | GIM | ID: covidwho-2112037
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has published the first global report on infection prevention and control (IPC), providing a global situation analysis of how IPC programmes are being implemented in countries around the world, including regional and country-specific focuses. The report discusses how healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) endanger patients and healthcare workers. It also discusses the impact and cost-effectiveness of IPC programs and the strategies and resources that countries can use to improve them. The COVID-19 pandemic and other recent large disease outbreaks have highlighted the extent to which health care settings can contribute to the spread of infections, harming patients, health workers, and visitors, if insufficient attention is paid to IPC. The report shows that where good hand hygiene and other cost-effective practices are followed, 70% of those infections can be prevented. Currently, out of every 100 patients in acute-care hospitals, seven patients in high-income countries and 15 patients in low- and middle-income countries will acquire at least one HAI during their hospital stay. On average, one in every ten affected patients will die from their HAI. The report reveals that high-income countries are more likely to be progressing with their IPC work and are eight times more likely to have a more advanced IPC implementation status than low-income countries. Even though more attention was paid to IPC in general because of the COVID-19 pandemic, there wasn't much change in how IPC national programs were run in low-income countries between 2018 and 2021.
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Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: GIM Language: English Journal: HPS Weekly Report Year: 2022 Document Type: Article

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Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: GIM Language: English Journal: HPS Weekly Report Year: 2022 Document Type: Article