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Bibliographic Info

GuidelineWHO guidelines on tuberculosis infection prevention and control: 2019 update
Year of Publication2019
Issuing InstitutionWHO

Recommendation

Status
Updated

Recommended in favor

Strong

The panel recommends that the following elements should be adhered to in order to reduce the risk of HAI (health care-associated infection) and the spread of AMR (antimicrobial resistance): (1) bed occupancy should not exceed the standard capacity of the facility; (2) health care worker staffing levels should be adequately assigned according to patient workload.

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