Summary of WHO infection prevention and control guideline for covid-19: striving for evidence based practice in infection prevention and control

The World Health Organization (WHO) published the seventh version of the infection prevention and control guideline for coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) in December 2023. The revision and development process undertaken for this guideline consolidates and updates technical guidance developed and published at the height of the covid-19 pandemic (2020-21) into a single guideline, following WHO guideline development processes.12The updated guideline considered the current context of covid-19, the latest evidence supporting infection prevention and control (IPC) interventions, epidemiological trends, the emergence of variants of concern, population immunity, availability and uptake of vaccines, and indoor environmental conditions.This article provides an overview of the guideline development process and summarises the current recommendations from WHO for IPC measures when caring for people with or managing covid-19 outbreaks.What you need to knowWHO has published an updated guideline for infection prevention and control in the context of covid-19In the healthcare facility, WHO recommends consistent application of…
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