overview
In the context of strengthening country- and facility-level HAI surveillance as a core element of infection prevention and control (IPC) programmes, WHO has announced new guidelines for HAI surveillance, including new simplified and validated case definitions. We publish a practical handbook. The primary purpose of this handbook is to provide comprehensive guidance on the objectives, key concepts, principles, methods, and best practices of HAI surveillance, and to help policy makers, IPC and surveillance professionals effectively measure burden. to enable the design and implementation of effective monitoring systems. We will prevent the occurrence of HAI and take measures to prevent it. The handbook also includes new definitions developed and validated by WHO with international expert consensus, with the aim of making them more suitable for use in low-resource settings. These efforts will enable more countries to design and implement HAI surveillance system programs, facilitate more consistent data collection across diverse healthcare settings, and establish global, regional, and national benchmarks. The purpose is to streamline the identification of HAIs for
