The World Health Organization (WHO) 2016 guidelines on the core components of infection prevention and control (IPC) programmes form a key part of WHO strategies to prevent current and future threats, strengthen health service resilience and help combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR). They are intended to support countries in the development of their own national protocols for IPC and AMR and to support health care facilities as they develop or strengthen their own approaches to IPC. They are accompanied by implementation manuals and assessment tools, including minimum requirements for all types of healthcare settings.
