The World Health Organization (WHO) Injection Safety and Related Infection Control
programme and the Safe Injection Global Network (SIGN) Secretariat in the WHO Department
of Essential Health Technologies (EHT) wish to express their thanks to the people listed below
for their contribution to the development of these phlebotomy guidelines. The authors and
reviewers are experts in the field of injection safety and related infection control. Particular
thanks go to Shaheen Mehtar of Stellenbosch University, South Africa, who prepared
background documents for the consultation, and wrote the initial and final drafts.
