The Journal of Hospital Infection recently published this article on infection control bundle implementation in low and middle income countries (LMICs).A key take home message is that LMICs need to developed their own evidence based bundles with low cost for maximal implementation. This can be done and was reported by the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) here.The ISID Guide to Infection Prevention in the Healthcare Setting also focuses on specific guidance in LMICs, free and open access to all.
In collaboration with authors from around the world, and at the request of the International Journal of Infectious Diseases, select position papers will go to press this year on topics such as preventing central line associated bloodstream infections and improving hand hygiene. These papers will focus on implementation in LMICs. I am proud to be involved in this project.
Stay tuned.