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This section provides general information on HCW and key elements of management procedures that are essential to know before developing a HCWM plan.
Ce document fournit une vue d'ensemble des technologies spécifiques aux déchets d'activités de soins de santé pour le traitement des déchets solides infectieux et piquants. Pour chaque technologie, les détails de son fonctionnement, ses effets sur l'environnement et la santé, les exigences d'...
This checklist is the first step in identifying and prioritizing areas of action for improving the protection of health and safety of health workers in line with WHO–ILO Global Framework for National Occupational Health Programmes for Health Workers.
It is designed to be filled out in discussio...
Infografía ilustrando cómo lavarse las manos adecuadamente cuando hay acceso limitado a agua limpia y jabón.
The health care environment contains a diverse population of microorganisms and can be a reservoir for potential pathogens. If environmental cleaning is not performed correctly, then environmental contamination can contribute to the spread of multidrug-resistant organisms and health care-associated ...
This manual presents a compelling case for action on carbapenem-resistant organisms (CROs) and describes the linkages between the prevention and control of CROs and the Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). It describes how the eight recommendations contained within the World Health ...
The decontamination of instruments and medical devices plays a very important role in the prevention of health care-associated infections (HAIs). Indeed, improper decontamination of surgical instruments, endoscopic devices, respiratory care devices and reusable haemodialysis devices still occurs in ...
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This document provides guidance to AU Member States, states/local bodies, and communities
on how to construct and maintain non-contact hand washing stations like Tippy Taps and other
al...
In this course, you will learn about the different categories of waste and the process for waste management. Health care waste includes all waste generated by health, research and laboratory facilities in the course of providing health care services. Health care waste in a facility should be managed...
This document provides guidance to AU Member States, states/local bodies, and communities
on how to construct and maintain non-contact hand washing stations like Tippy Taps and other
alternative hand washing stations.
The compendium provides guidance on low-cost handwashing facilities that can be widely used in low and middle-income countries. We hope that this can be shared extensively as governments and agencies tackle the crisis in low and middle-income countries where handwashing facilities are urgently neede...
For the first time WHO and UNICEF bring together the data on sanitation coverage and investment, and how it impacts health, economies, and the environment. Citing evidence on what works from successful countries and global guidelines, WHO and UNICEF call for strong government leadership and investme...
Overview of technologies for the treatment of infectious and sharp waste from health care facilities
This document provides an overview of specific health care waste technologies for the treatment of solid infectious and sharp waste. For each technology, details of its operation, effects on the environment and health, requirements for installation, capacities for treating waste, examples of consuma...
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...
Este documento fornece orientações aos Estados Membros da UA, estados/organismos locais, e comunidades sobre como construir e manter estações de lavagem de mãos sem contacto como Tippy Taps e outros
estações alternativas de lavagem de mãos
3ème édition. Le compendium fournit des conseils sur les installations de lavage des mains à faible coût qui peuvent être largement utilisées dans les pays à revenu faible et intermédiaire. Nous espérons qu'il pourra être largement partagé par les gouvernements et les agences qui s'attaqu...
