Appraisal of World Health Organization (WHO) infection prevention and control guidelines
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Appraisal of World Health Organization (WHO) infection prevention and control guidelines
Methods All WHO IPC-related guidelines accessible through WHO website published until December 2009 were appraised, and the technical content of each document was appraised against current policies and standards promoted by WHO. Definitions: “active WHO document” is considered to be an official WHO document available on the WHO web site; classification of guidelines regarding alignment with cur...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Proceedings
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1753-6561
DOI: 10.1186/1753-6561-5-s6-p281