MEDBOX | Toolbox Hand Hygiene

	Infektionen vorbeugen: Richtig Hände waschen schützt! Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung BzgA (2020) CC View PDF(4) Download (0) Add to my MEDBOX Informationen zum persoenlichen Infektionsschutz durch Hygiene fuer Erwachsene Tags: Hand Hygiene, Händehygiene, poster, Source: https://service.bzga.de/pdf.php?id=b1761
	Considerations for community hand hygiene practices in low-resource situations World Health Organization WHO, Western Pacific Region (2020) C_WHO View PDF(2) Download (2) Add to my MEDBOX Best practice for hand hygiene requires the availability of clean water, soap, and single use disposable towels or alcohol based hand sanitiser with a concentration of 70%. Availability of these resources is not always assured. When resources for hand hygiene are not available other materials need to be considered to prevent transmission of infection. This document provides community guidance on evidence-based alternative hand hygiene strategies in the absence of clean running water, soap or alcohol-based hand rub Tags: Hand Hygiene, handy hygiene promotion, COVID-19, south asia, community level, best practice, soap, hand-rub formulations, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand
	Hand Hygiene and COVID-19 Geffert, K.; and S. Mauder MEDBOX (2020) CC View PDF(35) Download (55) Add to my MEDBOX The main route of transmission of the Sars-CoV-2 virus are small respiratory droplets. Therefore, thoroughly cleaning of hands with either alcohol-based hand rub or soap and water is one of the corner stones of basic protective measures against COVID-19 for everyone. A particular focus of this Issue Brief are documents for the health care sector, but also multilingual material for the public Tags: Hand Hygiene, IEC Material, Health Workers, online resource, Source: https:/www.covid19box.org
	COVID-19: How to make masks, face shields, hand-wash stations, hand sanitizer and soap Hesperian (2020) CC Open external link (50) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: community masks, Hand Hygiene, tippy tap, COVID-19, community level, Source: https://en.hesperian.org/hhg/Covid-19_Ho
	Covid-19: Cómo hacer cubrebocas, jabón y más Hesperian (2020) CC Open external link (56) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: community masks, Hand Hygiene, tippy tap, COVID-19, community level, soap, Source: https://es.hesperian.org/hhg/COVID-19_C%
	Water, sanitation, hygiene, and waste management for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 World Health Organization (WHO); Unicef (2020) CC View PDF(18) Download (42) Add to my MEDBOX Updated Interim guidance 29 July 2020 The provision of safe water, sanitation and waste management and hygienic conditions is essential for preventing and for protecting human health during all infectious disease outbreaks, including of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Ensuring evidenced-based and consistently applied WASH and waste management practices in communities, homes, schools, marketplaces, and healthcare facilities will help prevent human-to-human transmission of pathogens including SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 Tags: WASH, corona virus, infection control, Hygiene, water, Sanitation, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream
	Recommendations for Preparing Disinfecting Solution in Health Establishments Pan American Health Organization PAHO (2020) C_WHO View PDF(8) Download (6) Add to my MEDBOX The concentration of sodium hypochlorite available in the country must be used to prepare the disinfecting solution according to the intended use, following the indications presented in this document Tags: coronavirus, Disinfection, health, Source: https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/522
	Recommendations to Member States to improve hand hygiene practices to help prevent the transmission of the COVID-19 virus: interim guidance World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO View PDF(6) Download (7) Add to my MEDBOX Hand hygiene is the most effective single measure to reduce the spread of infections through multimodal strategies, including access to the appropriate supplies. Therefore, this guidance is relevant for all countries and is recommended particularly for areas without ready access to hand hygiene locations Tags: Hand Hygiene, guidance, COVID-19, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand
	Recommendations to Member States to improve hand hygiene practices to help prevent the transmission of the COVID-19 virus: interim guidance (Russian Version) World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO View PDF(5) Download (6) Add to my MEDBOX Рекомендации для государств-членов в отношении совершенствования практики гигиены рук посредством обеспечения всеобщего доступа к станциям гигиены рук в целях профилактики передачи вирусного возбудителя COVID-1 Tags: Hand Hygiene, guidance, COVID-19, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand
	Recommendations to Member States to improve hand hygiene practices to help prevent the transmission of the COVID-19 virus: interim guidance (Chinese Version) World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO View PDF(6) Download (6) Add to my MEDBOX 就改进手卫生做法助力预防COVID-19病毒传播给会员国的建议 Tags: Hand Hygiene, guidance, COVID-19, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand

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