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Until fairly recently, debates about how to tackle the looming threat of antibiotic resistance have tended to focus on how to come up with new antibiotics
The primary objective of this curriculum is to equip health and care workers with the essential knowledge and competencies necessary for delivering safe and effective care. By doing so it aims to significantly reduce HAIs and combat antimicrobial resistance, thereby safeguarding both patient and HCW...
This document outlines the concept and content of the WHO people-centred approach to addressing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the human health sector. The proposed approach recognizes and aims to address the challenges and health system barriers people face when accessing health services to prev...
The Hand Hygiene Self-Assessment Framework is a systematic tool with which to obtain a situation analysis of hand hygiene promotion and practices within an individual health-care facility.
Hand Hygiene Infographic
Esta “Guía para la elaboración a nivel local de formulaciones recomendadas por la OMS para la desinfección de las manos”, está dividida en dos secciones específicas, relacionadas entre sí
313 millions de personnes subissent une opération chirurgicale chaque année – soit deux fois le nombre de bébés qui naissent dans le monde
Miles de personas mueren diariamente en todo el mundo a causa de infecciones contraídas mientras reciben atención sanitaria.
Des mains propressont des mains sûres. Mes mains sont-elles propres ?
Based on scientific evidence, expert consensus and country experiences, the WHO core components for infection prevention and control (IPC) are the foundation for establishing or strengthening effective programmes at the national and facility level.
These new guidelines on core components of infecti...
ПРАКТИЧЕСКИЕ ШАГИ ПО ОБЕСПЕЧЕНИЮ ВСЕОБЩЕГО ДОСТУПА К КАЧЕСТВЕННОЙ ПОМОЩИ
The ICAT is a simple and practical approach for assessing the adequacy of existing infection prevention and control practices and provides specific recommendations for improving practices and monitoring their effectiveness over time
Nosocomial or health-facility-acquired infections are a serious issue, representing one of the most significant causes of morbidity and mortality in healthcare systems and consuming many scarce resources, especially in developing countries. Although much has been done, particularly in the hospital s...
at the national and acute health care facility level
Your 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene
Infectious diseases are constantly in transition. New diseases develop, known dis-eases become widespread or reemerge, and occasionally a disease is eradicated.Infectious diseases such as HIV, tuberculosis, and cholera are significant causes ofillness and death in many parts of the world. Health car...
The Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Assessment Framework (IPCAF) is a tool to support the implementation of the World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines on core components of IPC programmes at the acute health care facility level. The user should be familiar with the contents of these guide...
This guide to local production of WHO-recommended handrub formulations is separated into two discrete but interrelated sections:
Part A provides a practical guide for use at the pharmacy bench during the actual preparation of the formulation. Users may want to display the material on the wall of ...
Hand Hygiene: Why, How and When?
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Hand Hygiene: Why, How, & When?
