Policy document
April 13th 2016

Guidelines on prevention and control of hospital associated infections

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Language: eng
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10665/205187

Topics in this document

Infection control Infection Surgery Transmission (medicine) Pneumonia Hospital-acquired infection Airborne disease Hospital-acquired pneumonia Injection (medicine) Catheter Biomedical waste Hygiene Asepsis Hepatitis Hepatitis B Food Preventive healthcare Health care Medical specialties Microbiology Epidemiology Medicine Health sciences Clinical medicine Public health Health Diseases and disorders Sterilization (microbiology) Intravenous therapy Dressing (medical)

Related SDGs

SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being

Target 3.3

End the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases

Related COFOG Divisions

7: Health 7.3: Hospital Services

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Cited by 7 other policy documents (2 of them are from other policy sources)

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