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	Decontamination and reprocessing of medical devices for health care facilities: aide-memoire World Health Organization WHO (2022) CC View PDF(5) Download (3) Add to my MEDBOX Decontamination of medical devices plays an important role in the prevention of health care-associated infections. It includes cleaning, disinfection and/or sterilization. The processes involved in decontamination are complex, require specific infrastructure and equipment, and involve several sequential steps that need to be performed correctly – from device collection and receipt by the decontamination unit to processing, storage and distribution throughout the facility. Quality control procedures (such as validation) at each step of the decontamination process are of the utmost importance to ensure the correct functioning of the equipment and processes. This aide-memoire presents a concise overview of important advice and key elements at a glance Tags: decontamination, Disinfection, Sterilization, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream
	WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care World Health Organization WHO (2009) C_WHO View PDF(3604) Download (3065) Add to my MEDBOX First Global Patient Safety Challenge Clean Care is Safer Care The WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care provide health-care workers (HCWs), hospital administrators and health authorities with a thorough review of evidence on hand hygiene in health care and specific recommendations to improve practices and reduce transmission of pathogenic microorganisms to patients and HCWs. The present Guidelines are intended to be implemented in any situation in which health care is delivered either to a patient or to a specific group in a population. Therefore, this concept applies to all settings where health care is permanently or occasionally performed, such as home care by birth attendants Tags: Appropriate technology, District Health Services, Hospital hygiene, Hygiene promotion, AMR, Antimicrobial resistance, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), Source: http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/20
	How to Hand rub? World Health Organization (2009) C_WHO View PDF(14648) Download (1263) Add to my MEDBOX Poster Tags: hand washing, poster, Source: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-s
	Ensuring health security in the African region - Emergency preparedness and response flagship programmes World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Africa (2022) C_WHO View PDF(3) Download (5) Add to my MEDBOX The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO), in accordance with recommendations from various WHO committees, has developed three flagship programmes to support Member States in the African region to prepare for, detect and respond to public health emergencies. They are the result of extensive consultations with more than 30 African government ministers, technical actors, partners across the continent as well as regional institutions such as the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), whose contributions have shaped the priority activities. This report provides the second quarterly summary of progress in implementing the flagship programmes Tags: emergency preparedness, Emergency Response Preparedness Plan (ERPP), Africa, health security, global health security, Source: https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/f
	Handwashing for health care workers World Health Organization WHO (2014) C_WHO View PDF(9) Download (5) Add to my MEDBOX Poster Tags: Hand Hygiene, hand washing, Source: https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/resources/
	Le lavage des mains Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS (2014) C_WHO View PDF(2713) Download (1069) Add to my MEDBOX Lavez-vous les mains avec de l'eau et du savon pendant 20 à 30 secondes immédiatement après avoir retiré votre équipement personnel de protection. Si vos mains sont souillées, lavez-les avec de l'eau et du savon pendant 40 à 60 secondes. Vous pouvez utiliser une solution hydro-alcoolique ou de l'eau chlorée si vous n'avez pas d'eau ni de savon à votre dispositio Tags: Hand Hygiene, hand washing, Source: https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/resources/
	Precauções básicas: higienização das mãos Open WHO; Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS (2020) C_WHO Open external link (53) Add to my MEDBOX A maioria das infecções associadas a cuidados de saúde podem ser prevenidas com a correta higienização das mãos, ou seja, a limpeza das mãos nos momentos corretos, e da forma correta. As Diretrizes da OMS de higienização das mãos nos serviços de saúde incentivam a promoção e o aprimoramento da higienização das mãos em instituições de saúde no mundo todo, e são complementadas pela estratégia multimodal da OMS para aprimoramento da higienização das mãos, bem como o respectivo guia e kit de implementação, que contêm diversas ferramentas práticas, prontas para serem usadas. Este módulo foi preparado para ajudar a resumir as diretrizes da OMS sobre higienização das mãos, as ferramentas associadas e ideias para uma implementação efetiva Tags: handwashing, Hand Hygiene, Online Courses, standard precautions, Source: https://openwho.org/courses/IPC-HH-pt
	Précautions standards : Hygiène des mains Open WHO; Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS (2020) C_WHO Open external link (49) Add to my MEDBOX La plupart des infections associées aux soins de santé peuvent être évitées grâce à une bonne hygiène des mains - se laver les mains au bon moment et de la bonne manière. Les directives de l'OMS sur l'hygiène des mains lors des soins de santé soutiennent la promotion et l'amélioration de l'hygiène des mains dans les établissements de santé du monde entier. À ces directives s’ajoutent la stratégie multimodale d'amélioration de l'hygiène des mains de l'OMS, le guide de mise en œuvre et la boîte à outils de mise en œuvre, qui contient de nombreux outils pratiques prêts à l'emploi. Ce module a été développé pour aider à résumer les directives de l'OMS sur l'hygiène des mains ainsi que les outils et idées associés pour une mise en œuvre efficace Tags: handwashing, Hand Hygiene, Online Courses, standard precautions, Source: https://openwho.org/courses/IPC-HH-fr
	Precauciones básicas: Higiene de las manos Open WHO; Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS (2020) C_WHO Open external link (53) Add to my MEDBOX La plupart des infections associées aux soins de santé peuvent être évitées grâce à une bonne hygiène des mains - se laver les mains au bon moment et de la bonne manière. Les directives de l'OMS sur l'hygiène des mains lors des soins de santé soutiennent la promotion et l'amélioration de l'hygiène des mains dans les établissements de santé du monde entier. À ces directives s’ajoutent la stratégie multimodale d'amélioration de l'hygiène des mains de l'OMS, le guide de mise en œuvre et la boîte à outils de mise en œuvre, qui contient de nombreux outils pratiques prêts à l'emploi. Ce module a été développé pour aider à résumer les directives de l'OMS sur l'hygiène des mains ainsi que les outils et idées associés pour une mise en œuvre efficace Tags: handwashing, Hand Hygiene, Online Courses, standard precautions, Source: https://openwho.org/courses/IPC-HH-es
	Standard precautions: Hand hygiene OpenWHO; World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO Open external link (1075) Add to my MEDBOX Most health care-associated infections are preventable through good hand hygiene – cleaning hands at the right times and in the right way. The WHO Guidelines on hand hygiene in health care support hand hygiene promotion and improvement in health care facilities worldwide and are complemented by the WHO multimodal hand hygiene improvement strategy, the guide to implementation, and implementation toolkit, which contain many ready-to-use practical tools. This module has been prepared to help summarize the WHO guidelines on hand hygiene, associated tools and ideas for effective implementation. Available in different languages Tags: handwashing, Hand Hygiene, Online Courses, standard precautions, Source: https://openwho.org/courses/IPC-HH-en

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479 records