When good hand hygiene and other infection prevention and control (IPC) measures are followed, 70 per cent of infections can be prevented in health care settings, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report published on Friday.
The coronavirus pandemic and other disease outbreaks have highlighted the extent to which healthcare settings can contribute to the spread of infections.
"The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed many challenges and gaps in IPC in all regions and countries, including those which had the most advanced IPC programmes," said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director General.
.@WHO launches first ever global report on Infection Prevention and Control
- Reveals that good IPC programmes can reduce health care infections by 70%.
