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Ebola virus disease (EVD) – Key questions and answers concerning health care waste

World Health Organization (2021) C_WHO

Update September 2021. Safe management of health care waste practices play an essential role in protecting human health during all disease outbreaks, including during Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreaks. This question and answer document provides practical, evidence-based recommendations on minimum requirements and best practices for health care waste management in facilities and communities. It was originally developed in 2014 during the West Africa Ebola Outbreak and has been updated in 2021 to reflect lessons learned and new operational research data, including on the use of low-cost treatment technologies . The key recommendations on health care waste remain the same

Tags: Waste management, Ebola, WASH, Health Care Waste Management,

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

Ebola Virus Disease (EVD): Key questions and answers concerning water, sanitation and hygiene

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Updated September 2021. Provision of water and sanitation and good hygiene practices play an essential role in protecting human health during all disease outbreaks, including during Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreaks. This question and answer document provides practical, evidence-based recommendations on minimum requirements and best practices for water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH). It was originally developed in 2014 during the West Africa Ebola Outbreak and has been updated in 2021 to reflect lessons learned and new operational research data. The key recommendations on WASH remain the same

Tags: WASH, water, safe water, Hygiene, Ebola, Sanitation,

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

Infographic: Hand washing without soap or safe and clean water

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2020) CC

Infographic illustrating how to wash your hands correctly when there is limited access to soap and clean water.

Tags: Hand Hygiene, handy hygiene promotion, infographic,

Source: https://www.paho.org/en/file/67721/downl

World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO

Tags: Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), Assessment, Questionnaire, guideline, Hand Hygiene, Hygiene promotion, hygiene practices, Checklist,

Source: https://www.who.int/infection-prevention

Guidelines for decommisioning and disposing healthcare equipment in Rwanda

Ministry of Health, Rwanda (2017) C1

Tags: Waste management, infection control, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), healthcare, guideline,

Source: http://www.moh.gov.rw/fileadmin/template

Niederberger, E.; S. Ferron and M. O'Reilly Oxfam (2016) C1

A practioner's guide, based on lessons from Ebola. This guide is a compilation of best practices and key lessons learned through Oxfam’s experience of community engagement during the 2014–15 Ebola response in Sierra Leone and Liberia. It aims to inform public health practitioners and programme teams about the design and implementation of community-centred approache

Tags: water & sanitation, Ebola, Lessons learned, community engagement,

Source: https://www.oxfam.org/sites/www.oxfam.or

Gestion des dépouilles mortelles lors de catastrophes : manuel pratique à l’usage des premiers intervenants. 2ième éd., rév.

Cordner, S.; Coninx, R.; Kim, J.-J. et al. (Éd.) Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS), Organisation panaméricaine de la santé, Fédération internationale des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge (2016) C1

La deuxième édition de ce manuel fournit des directives simples, concrètes et faciles à suivre pour la récupération et le stockage des corps des personnes décédées lors de catastrophes et l��enregistrement des informations les concernant, l’objectif étant d’aider les premiers intervenants à faire en sorte que les morts soient traités avec respect et que les informations indispensables pour leur identification ultérieure soient enregistrées comme il se doit.
Cette version révisée et actualisée de l’ouvrage incorpore l’expérience acquise lors de catastrophes récentes, comme le typhon Haiyan qui a touché les Philippines en 2013, l’épidémie d’Ebola qui s’est déclarée en Afrique de l’Ouest en 2014 et 2015, et le tremblement de terre qui a frappé le Népal en 2015. Elle comporte également plusieurs annexes traitant de diverses questions, telles que la prise en charge des dépouilles des victimes d’une épidémie de maladie infectieuse, la planification des sites d’inhumation et l’utilisation des analyses ADN lors de catastrophes de grande ampleur

Tags: disaster management, dead person, dead body, humanitarian aid, gestion de catastrophes, personne décédée, identification ultérieure, lignes directrices,

Source: https://shop.icrc.org/icrc/pdf/view/id/4

Higiene de las manos

Nurses International (2016) C1

OBJETIVOS •Definir la Higiene de manos y las infecciones adquiridas en los hospitales (HAIs). •Describir el impacto negativo de las HAIs en pacientes dados de alta. •Discutir cómo la higiene de manos puede prevenir los HAIs. •Identificar las barreras para el cumplimiento de la higiene de las manos. •Describir los ”5 momentos de la Higiene de Manos” •Identificar las formas de promover la higiene de manos en el hospital. •Demostrar las técnicas apropiadas de la higiene de manos. •Revise la lista de control de higiene de las mano

Tags: higiene,

Source: https://nursesinternational.org/open-acc

How to Make Strong (0.5%) Chlorine Solution

Ministry of Health and Sanitation Sierra Leone Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2015) C2

Tags: chlorine,

Source: http://nerc.sl/sites/default/files/docs/

Prioritising Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Ebola Recovery: For health, life and dignity

Oxfam International; Tearfund (2015) C2

Tags: WASH, Ebola, Sanitation, Hygiene,

Source: http://oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com/

	Ebola virus disease (EVD) – Key questions and answers concerning health care waste World Health Organization (2021) C_WHO View PDF(1745) Download (688) Add to my MEDBOX Update September 2021. Safe management of health care waste practices play an essential role in protecting human health during all disease outbreaks, including during Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreaks. This question and answer document provides practical, evidence-based recommendations on minimum requirements and best practices for health care waste management in facilities and communities. It was originally developed in 2014 during the West Africa Ebola Outbreak and has been updated in 2021 to reflect lessons learned and new operational research data, including on the use of low-cost treatment technologies . The key recommendations on health care waste remain the same Tags: Waste management, Ebola, WASH, Health Care Waste Management, Source: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-s
	Ebola Virus Disease (EVD): Key questions and answers concerning water, sanitation and hygiene World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO View PDF(2487) Download (480) Add to my MEDBOX Updated September 2021. Provision of water and sanitation and good hygiene practices play an essential role in protecting human health during all disease outbreaks, including during Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreaks. This question and answer document provides practical, evidence-based recommendations on minimum requirements and best practices for water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH). It was originally developed in 2014 during the West Africa Ebola Outbreak and has been updated in 2021 to reflect lessons learned and new operational research data. The key recommendations on WASH remain the same Tags: WASH, water, safe water, Hygiene, Ebola, Sanitation, Source: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-s
	Infographic: Hand washing without soap or safe and clean water Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2020) CC View PDF(42) Download (41) Add to my MEDBOX Infographic illustrating how to wash your hands correctly when there is limited access to soap and clean water. Tags: Hand Hygiene, handy hygiene promotion, infographic, Source: https://www.paho.org/en/file/67721/downl
	Infection Prevention and Control Assessment Framework at the Facility Level World Health Organization WHO (2018) C_WHO View PDF(667) Download (231) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), Assessment, Questionnaire, guideline, Hand Hygiene, Hygiene promotion, hygiene practices, Checklist, Source: https://www.who.int/infection-prevention
	Guidelines for decommisioning and disposing healthcare equipment in Rwanda Ministry of Health, Rwanda (2017) C1 View PDF(590) Download (232) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: Waste management, infection control, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), healthcare, guideline, Source: http://www.moh.gov.rw/fileadmin/template
	Guide to community engagement in WASH Niederberger, E.; S. Ferron and M. O'Reilly Oxfam (2016) C1 View PDF(4316) Download (2229) Add to my MEDBOX A practioner's guide, based on lessons from Ebola. This guide is a compilation of best practices and key lessons learned through Oxfam’s experience of community engagement during the 2014–15 Ebola response in Sierra Leone and Liberia. It aims to inform public health practitioners and programme teams about the design and implementation of community-centred approache Tags: water & sanitation, Ebola, Lessons learned, community engagement, Source: https://www.oxfam.org/sites/www.oxfam.or
	Gestion des dépouilles mortelles lors de catastrophes : manuel pratique à l’usage des premiers intervenants. 2ième éd., rév. Cordner, S.; Coninx, R.; Kim, J.-J. et al. (Éd.) Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS), Organisation panaméricaine de la santé, Fédération internationale des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge (2016) C1 View PDF(546) Download (326) Add to my MEDBOX La deuxième édition de ce manuel fournit des directives simples, concrètes et faciles à suivre pour la récupération et le stockage des corps des personnes décédées lors de catastrophes et l��enregistrement des informations les concernant, l’objectif étant d’aider les premiers intervenants à faire en sorte que les morts soient traités avec respect et que les informations indispensables pour leur identification ultérieure soient enregistrées comme il se doit. Cette version révisée et actualisée de l’ouvrage incorpore l’expérience acquise lors de catastrophes récentes, comme le typhon Haiyan qui a touché les Philippines en 2013, l’épidémie d’Ebola qui s’est déclarée en Afrique de l’Ouest en 2014 et 2015, et le tremblement de terre qui a frappé le Népal en 2015. Elle comporte également plusieurs annexes traitant de diverses questions, telles que la prise en charge des dépouilles des victimes d’une épidémie de maladie infectieuse, la planification des sites d’inhumation et l’utilisation des analyses ADN lors de catastrophes de grande ampleur Tags: disaster management, dead person, dead body, humanitarian aid, gestion de catastrophes, personne décédée, identification ultérieure, lignes directrices, Source: https://shop.icrc.org/icrc/pdf/view/id/4
	Higiene de las manos Nurses International (2016) C1 View PDF(382) Download (223) Add to my MEDBOX OBJETIVOS •Definir la Higiene de manos y las infecciones adquiridas en los hospitales (HAIs). •Describir el impacto negativo de las HAIs en pacientes dados de alta. •Discutir cómo la higiene de manos puede prevenir los HAIs. •Identificar las barreras para el cumplimiento de la higiene de las manos. •Describir los ”5 momentos de la Higiene de Manos” •Identificar las formas de promover la higiene de manos en el hospital. •Demostrar las técnicas apropiadas de la higiene de manos. •Revise la lista de control de higiene de las mano Tags: higiene, Source: https://nursesinternational.org/open-acc
	How to Make Strong (0.5%) Chlorine Solution Ministry of Health and Sanitation Sierra Leone Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2015) C2 View PDF(1582) Download (656) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: chlorine, Source: http://nerc.sl/sites/default/files/docs/
	Prioritising Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Ebola Recovery: For health, life and dignity Oxfam International; Tearfund (2015) C2 View PDF(1300) Download (1196) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: WASH, Ebola, Sanitation, Hygiene, Source: http://oxfamilibrary.openrepository.com/

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