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WHO Advocacy slides. "Save lives: Clean Your Hands"; 2018
Communication Materials
WHO Advocacy toolkit. "Save lives: Clean your hands" PDF; 2018
Communication Materials
Using campaigning as one way to improve hand hygiene and prevent infection; April 2018
Presentations
Infection prevention and control assessment framework at the facility level
Infection prevention and control assessment framework at the facility level
Technical and Scientific Products, Guidelines
Prevention BSI/CVC: Children are Not Small Adults; March 2018
Presentations
Introduction to Outbreak Investigations of Healthcare - Associated Infections; February 2018
Presentations
Risk factors and Prevention of Infection in Neonatology; December 2017
Presentations
High level disinfection: challenges in procedures; November 2017
Presentations
National System of Health Care Associated Infection, Antimicrobial Resistance and Antibiotic Use in Colombia; October 2017
Presentations
Using an Outbreak to Drive Change: Building an IPC program; September 2017
Presentations
Surgical Site Infection Preventive Measures; July 2017
Presentations
Infections Control for Candida auris, an emerging pathogen fungus; June 2017
Presentations
External assessment of Infection and Prevention Control Program in Chile; May 2017
Presentations
Costs of Healthcare Associated Infections in countries the Latina American and Caribbean Region; April 2017
Presentations
Basic Recommendations on the Prevention and Control of Healthcare Associated Infections; 2017
Guidelines
Standard precautions and Transmission based precautions and Transmission based precautions; February 2017
Presentations
Decontamination and reprocessing of medical devices for health care facilities; 2016
Decontamination and reprocessing of medical devices for health care facilities; 2016
Guidelines
Infographic. "Hand Hygiene and the Surgical Patient Journey"; 2016
Infographics
Guidelines on core components of infection prevention and control programmes at the national and acute health care facility level
Guidelines on core components of infection prevention and control programmes at the national and acute health care facility level
Guidelines
Biennial Meeting. PAHO Technical Advisory Group on Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Prevention and Control; 2014 (sólo en inglés)
Technical Reports
Rapid Evaluation Guide for Hospital Programs for Prevention and control of Nosocomial Infections; 2011
Guidelines