Guidelines for the prevention and control of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, Acinetobacter baumannii

The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of WHO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. [...] The primary objective of these guidelines is to provide evidence- and expert consensus-based 1.3 Scope and objectives recommendations on the early recognition and of the guidelines specific required IPC practices and procedures to effectively prevent the occurrence and control The overarching question that defines the purpose the spread of CRE-CRAB-CRPsA colonization of these CRE-CRAB-CRPsA guidel. [...] METHODS 2.1 WHO guidelines development The Steering Group contributed to the initial process planning document for the development of the guidelines, identified the primary critical outcomes The guidelines were developed according to the and topics and formulated the research questions. [...] the recommendations, advised on the interpretation of the evidence, formulated the final WHO Guideline Steering Group recommendations while taking into consideration The WHO Guideline Steering Group was chaired the 2016 WHO Guidelines on core components by the coordinator of the WHO IPC Global Unit of infection prevention and control programmes in the Department of Service Delivery and Safety. [...] An evaluation of the overall body of the evidence was conducted using the GRADE system and Recommendations were then formulated by according to specific outcomes, including the GDG based on the quality of the evidence, a synthesis of results and quality of evidence the balance between benefits and harms, values assessment.