Organisation of infection prevention and control in healthcare settings

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AGENCIES

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

Core competencies for infection control and hospital hygiene professionals in the European Union

World Health Organization (WHO)

Guidelines on core components of infection prevention and control programmes at the national and acute health care facility level (2016)
Core components for infection prevention and control programmes

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)

Minimum requirements in infection control (2015)

Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)

Guidance for Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology Programs: Healthcare Epidemiologist Skills and Competencies (2015)

Page last updated 29 Jan 2019