Practical guidelines for infection control in health care facilities

These guidelines, jointly prepared by the WHO Regional Offices for South-East Asia and the Western Pacific, should help countries to strengthen their infection control practices in health care facilities. This would help to prevent further spread of infection and to deal effectively with new infectious diseases like SARS as well as other hospital-associated infections. The guidelines address all aspects of an infection control programme with special attention being paid to SARS. Since information on SARS is still evolving, these guidelines will be updated as more specific information becomes available.