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Règlement sanitaire international (‎2005)‎ : outil d’autoévaluation pour l’établissement de rapports annuels par les états parties, 2e ed

Organisation de la Santé Mondiale (2022) C_WHO

Tags: International Health Regulations, hospital safety, Sanitation,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

The report reveals that good IPC programmes can reduce health care infections by 70 %. oday, out of every 100 patients in acute-care hospitals, seven patients in high-income countries and 15 patients in low- and middle-income countries will acquire at least one health care-associated infection (HAI) during their hospital stay. On average, 1 in every 10 affected patients will die from their HAI. People in intensive care and newborns are particularly at risk. And the report reveals that approximately one in four hospital-treated sepsis cases and almost half of all cases of sepsis with organ dysfunction treated in adult intensive-care units are health care-associated

Tags: ipc, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), reports, Health Workers, occupational risk, safe hospitals, intensive care, sepsis, Hand Hygiene,

Source: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-s

WASH FIT manual for Trainers

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

This manual for trainers outlines the information and materials required to undertake training in line with the WASH FIT Guide, including background documents, the content of the recommended training modules and training evaluation approaches. The modular approach outlined enables trainers to decide on all topics that are most useful to support the delivery of targeted training at the local level. It also provides sample training schedules, evaluation forms and is linked to a full set of interactive, adult-learning focused, training slides

Tags: water management, water safety, water quality, water & sanitation, Sanitation, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), infection control, Hospital hygiene, AMR, resistance control, Training, online resource, monitoring,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

2nd edition WASH FIT is a risk-based, continuous improvement framework with a set of tools for undertaking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) improvements as part of wider quality improvements in health care facilities. It is aimed at small primary, and in some instances secondary, health care facilities in low and middle income countries. An app, for front line data collection is also available in the Android Google Play store or as a web ap

Tags: water safety, safe water, Sanitation, Hygiene promotion, Hygiene, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), infection control, guideline,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand

Policy Brief for the Legal Framework on Infection Prevention and Control

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2022) C1

The Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Legal Framework comes before the Specialized Technical Committee on Health and Drug Control for adoption and endorsement. The IPC Legal Framework is designed to guide Member States in the review and strengthening of laws and policies that support IPC at both the national level and in healthcare facilities. In developing this IPC Legal Framework, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is furthering its mandates to harmonize disease control and prevention policies and promote the prevention and control of diseases by building capacity of public health institutions in Members States

Tags: Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), Antimicrobial resistance, implementing, framework, national level, Healthcare facilities,

Source: https://africacdc.org/download/policy-br

International health regulations (‎2005)‎: state party self-assessment annual reporting tool, 2nd ed

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

Second edition. AVailable in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Portuguese

Tags: International Health Regulations, Sanitation, self-assessment,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

This second edition of the Infection prevention and control in the context of coronavirus disease (COVID-19): A living guideline provides the most up to date technical guidance on mask use in community settings in the context of COVID-19. In this edition, new information includes updated mask recommendations for children in community settings including updated age specific recommendations, statements for children with disabilities and those at high risk for complications related to COVID-19 infection. Updated implementation considerations for mask use in school settings are also included. This living guideline is being published using the MAGICApp online publishing platform https://app.magicapp.org/#/guideline/Lr2a8L , as well as in PDF copy on the WHO website

Tags: ipc, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), when and how to use masks, masks, non-pharmaceutical interventions NPI, Community Settings, COVID-19,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream

Overview of technologies for the treatment of infectious and sharp waste from health care facilities (Arabic Version)

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

نظرة عامّة على التقنيّات المستخدمة لمعالجة النفايات المُعدِية والحادّة الناتجة عن مرافق الرعاية الصحيّة 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 consumables and advantages and disadvantages are described. The document is designed for health care facility administrators and planners, WASH and infection prevention control staff, national planners, donors and partners

Tags: Waste management, technology, WASH, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), Sharps waste,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand

World Health Organization WHO; ILO (2022) C_WHO

This e-tool is intended for use by people in charge of occupational health and safety for health workers at the national, subnational and facility levels and for health workers who want to know what WHO and ILO recommend for the protection of their health and safet

Tags: Online Courses, occupational risk, occupational hygiene, patient care, chemical hazards, Radiation, Mental Health (MH), burnout, stress, environement, safety humanitarian workers, Health Workers, occupatioal infections,

Source: https://www.who.int/tools/occupational-h

Poorly Designed PPE a Global Problem forWomen HealthWorkers

Kuehn, B.M. (2022) C1

Tags: PPE, Women, safety, size, Healthcare workers, female,

Source: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fu

	Règlement sanitaire international (‎2005)‎ : outil d’autoévaluation pour l’établissement de rapports annuels par les états parties, 2e ed Organisation de la Santé Mondiale (2022) C_WHO View PDF(1568) Download (1444) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: International Health Regulations, hospital safety, Sanitation, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand
	Global report on infection prevention and control World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO View PDF(5) Download (13) Add to my MEDBOX The report reveals that good IPC programmes can reduce health care infections by 70 %. oday, out of every 100 patients in acute-care hospitals, seven patients in high-income countries and 15 patients in low- and middle-income countries will acquire at least one health care-associated infection (HAI) during their hospital stay. On average, 1 in every 10 affected patients will die from their HAI. People in intensive care and newborns are particularly at risk. And the report reveals that approximately one in four hospital-treated sepsis cases and almost half of all cases of sepsis with organ dysfunction treated in adult intensive-care units are health care-associated Tags: ipc, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), reports, Health Workers, occupational risk, safe hospitals, intensive care, sepsis, Hand Hygiene, Source: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-s
	WASH FIT manual for Trainers World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO View PDF(4) Download (5) Add to my MEDBOX This manual for trainers outlines the information and materials required to undertake training in line with the WASH FIT Guide, including background documents, the content of the recommended training modules and training evaluation approaches. The modular approach outlined enables trainers to decide on all topics that are most useful to support the delivery of targeted training at the local level. It also provides sample training schedules, evaluation forms and is linked to a full set of interactive, adult-learning focused, training slides Tags: water management, water safety, water quality, water & sanitation, Sanitation, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), infection control, Hospital hygiene, AMR, resistance control, Training, online resource, monitoring, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream
	Water and Sanitation for Health Facility Improvement Tool (WASH FIT): A practical guide for improving quality of care through water, sanitation and hygiene in health care facilities World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO View PDF(1443) Download (444) Add to my MEDBOX 2nd edition WASH FIT is a risk-based, continuous improvement framework with a set of tools for undertaking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) improvements as part of wider quality improvements in health care facilities. It is aimed at small primary, and in some instances secondary, health care facilities in low and middle income countries. An app, for front line data collection is also available in the Android Google Play store or as a web ap Tags: water safety, safe water, Sanitation, Hygiene promotion, Hygiene, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), infection control, guideline, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand
	Policy Brief for the Legal Framework on Infection Prevention and Control African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2022) C1 View PDF(5) Download (2) Add to my MEDBOX The Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Legal Framework comes before the Specialized Technical Committee on Health and Drug Control for adoption and endorsement. The IPC Legal Framework is designed to guide Member States in the review and strengthening of laws and policies that support IPC at both the national level and in healthcare facilities. In developing this IPC Legal Framework, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is furthering its mandates to harmonize disease control and prevention policies and promote the prevention and control of diseases by building capacity of public health institutions in Members States Tags: Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), Antimicrobial resistance, implementing, framework, national level, Healthcare facilities, Source: https://africacdc.org/download/policy-br
	International health regulations (‎2005)‎: state party self-assessment annual reporting tool, 2nd ed World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO View PDF(5) Download (7) Add to my MEDBOX Second edition. AVailable in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Portuguese Tags: International Health Regulations, Sanitation, self-assessment, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand
	Infection prevention and control in the context of coronavirus disease (COVID-19): A living guideline World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO View PDF(13) Download (19) Add to my MEDBOX This second edition of the Infection prevention and control in the context of coronavirus disease (COVID-19): A living guideline provides the most up to date technical guidance on mask use in community settings in the context of COVID-19. In this edition, new information includes updated mask recommendations for children in community settings including updated age specific recommendations, statements for children with disabilities and those at high risk for complications related to COVID-19 infection. Updated implementation considerations for mask use in school settings are also included. This living guideline is being published using the MAGICApp online publishing platform https://app.magicapp.org/#/guideline/Lr2a8L , as well as in PDF copy on the WHO website Tags: ipc, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), when and how to use masks, masks, non-pharmaceutical interventions NPI, Community Settings, COVID-19, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream
	Overview of technologies for the treatment of infectious and sharp waste from health care facilities (Arabic Version) World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO View PDF(17) Download (19) Add to my MEDBOX نظرة عامّة على التقنيّات المستخدمة لمعالجة النفايات المُعدِية والحادّة الناتجة عن مرافق الرعاية الصحيّة 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 consumables and advantages and disadvantages are described. The document is designed for health care facility administrators and planners, WASH and infection prevention control staff, national planners, donors and partners Tags: Waste management, technology, WASH, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), Sharps waste, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand
	Occupational hazards in the health sector World Health Organization WHO; ILO (2022) C_WHO Open external link (89) Add to my MEDBOX This e-tool is intended for use by people in charge of occupational health and safety for health workers at the national, subnational and facility levels and for health workers who want to know what WHO and ILO recommend for the protection of their health and safet Tags: Online Courses, occupational risk, occupational hygiene, patient care, chemical hazards, Radiation, Mental Health (MH), burnout, stress, environement, safety humanitarian workers, Health Workers, occupatioal infections, Source: https://www.who.int/tools/occupational-h
	Poorly Designed PPE a Global Problem forWomen HealthWorkers Kuehn, B.M. (2022) C1 Open external link (105) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: PPE, Women, safety, size, Healthcare workers, female, Source: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fu

Global report on infection prevention and control (2022)

Water and Sanitation for Health Facility Improvement Tool (WASH FIT): A practical guide for improving quality of care through water, sanitation and hygiene in health care facilities (2022)

Infection prevention and control in the context of coronavirus disease (COVID-19): A living guideline (2022)

Occupational hazards in the health sector (2022)

FAQs: Waste Management for COVID-19 in Healthcare Settings for Africa (2022)

Règlement sanitaire international (‎2005)‎ : outil d’autoévaluation pour l’établissement de rapports annuels par les états parties, 2e ed (2022)

Global report on infection prevention and control (2022)

WASH FIT manual for Trainers (2022)

Water and Sanitation for Health Facility Improvement Tool (WASH FIT): A practical guide for improving quality of care through water, sanitation and hygiene in health care facilities (2022)

Policy Brief for the Legal Framework on Infection Prevention and Control (2022)

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Global report on infection prevention and control (2022)

Water and Sanitation for Health Facility Improvement Tool (WASH FIT): A practical guide for improving quality of care through water, sanitation and hygiene in health care facilities (2022)

Infection prevention and control in the context of coronavirus disease (COVID-19): A living guideline (2022)

Occupational hazards in the health sector (2022)

FAQs: Waste Management for COVID-19 in Healthcare Settings for Africa (2022)

Règlement sanitaire international (‎2005)‎ : outil d’autoévaluation pour l’établissement de rapports annuels par les états parties, 2e ed (2022)

Global report on infection prevention and control (2022)

WASH FIT manual for Trainers (2022)

Water and Sanitation for Health Facility Improvement Tool (WASH FIT): A practical guide for improving quality of care through water, sanitation and hygiene in health care facilities (2022)

Policy Brief for the Legal Framework on Infection Prevention and Control (2022)