Interventions to improve water supply and quality, sanitation and handwashing facilities in healthcare facilities, and their effect on healthcare-associated infections in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and supplementary scoping review

Interventions to improve water supply and quality, sanitation and handwashing facilities in healthcare facilities, and their effect on healthcare-associated infections in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and supplementary scoping review

Introduction Healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) are the most frequent adverse event compromising patient safety globally. Patients in healthcare facilities (HCFs) in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) are most at risk. Although water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions are...

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Main Authors: Benedetta Allegranzi, Julie Watson, Lauren D'Mello-Guyett, Erin Flynn, Jane Falconer, Joanna Esteves-Mills, Alain Prual, Paul Hunter, Maggie Montgomery, Oliver Cumming
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2019-07-01
Series:BMJ Global Health
Online Access:https://gh.bmj.com/content/4/4/e001632.full
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