The Infection Prevention and Control Global Unit
The Infection Prevention and Control Global Unit will lead WHO’s work on Infection Prevention Control (IPC) and will work collaboratively with related units in SDS, in particular the Patient Safety & Quality unit and the newly created unit dealing with Quality Universal Health Coverage, as well as with other related departments and units at the three levels of WHO.
The IPC global unit will deliver its work based on five main functions:
- Leadership, connecting and coordinating
- Campaigns and advocacy
- Technical guidance and implementation
- Capacity-building
- Measuring and learning
The key technical areas of work for the 2015-2017 period are:
- Hand hygiene
- Prevention of surgical site infections
- IPC to combat antimicrobial resistance
- Injection safety
- Burden of health care-associated infections
- Ebola response and recovery
- IPC country capacity-building
- Prevention of sepsis and catheter-associated bloodstream infections
- Prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections
Governance of the IPC global unit is based upon the provision of regular advice and mentorship by the WHO Special Envoy on Patient Safety and on the creation of a Technical Steering Group and of an External Advisory Board.
Read more about the The Infection Prevention and Control Global Unit HERE
Citing Sources: [http://www.who.int/gpsc/en/]:[21 Jan, 2016]
January 21st-2016
