World Health Organization - Hand Hygiene in Health Care
18/01/2007 15:16
(Advanced Draft)
The WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Healthcare (Advanced Draft) will be issued as a final version in 2007.
At present it is important for countries and organisations to note that the Guidelines represent
a consensus of international experts and up to date technical information on hand hygiene improvement within a health care context across the world.
The Guidelines are being pilot tested and it is likely that changes will be made to some of the technical content of the chapters in light of pilot test results.
The Advanced Draft status offers WHO the opportunity to review and update the literature
during the life of the Global Patient Safety Challenge to ensure that evidence is as contemporaneous as possible on final publication.
It is unlikely that the fundamental principles behind the guideline recommendations will change by the time the Guidelines are finalized in 2007.
We welcome formal feedback on these guidelines. Feedback is invited using the AGREE methodology http://www.agreecollaboration.org/pdf/agreeinstrumentfinal.pdf