National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) (Nursing Care Center / Nursing Care Center)
Hand Hygiene - CDC or WHO - Choosing Guidelines
Publish | January 01, 0001
May we "pick and choose" some recommendations from CDC and some from WHO, or must we decide to follow one of the guidelines in its entirety?
Scientific guidelines are designed to function as a cohesive whole. Following parts of a guideline is not as efficacious as compliance with the entire document. Therefore, accredited organizations must choose to follow all IA, IB and IC recommendations from either CDC or WHO. Of course, the Joint Commission would encourage organizations to go "above and beyond" by complying with additional recommendations from either document as long as compliance has been achieved with all level I recommendations from either CDC or WHO.
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