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	Decontamination and reprocessing of medical devices for health care facilities: aide-memoire NEW World Health Organization WHO (2022) CC View PDF(4) 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
	Reseña normativa de la OMS: mantenimiento de las medidas de prevención y control de la COVID-19 en los establecimientos de salud, 14 de septiembre de 2022 Organización Mundial de la Salud OMS (2022) C_WHO View PDF(3) Download (4) Add to my MEDBOX This document aims to encourage countries to develop and implement policies to maintain and strengthen IPC programmes and measures in health care facilities in the context of the current ongoing transmission of the SARS-CoV-2, with recognition that epidemiological trends may vary and the risk of transmission of other pathogens Tags: COVID-19, ipc, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), health care facilities, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand
	Note d’orientation : maintien des mesures de lutte anti-infectieuse contre la COVID-19 dans les établissements de santé, 14 septembre 2022 Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS (2022) C_WHO View PDF(38) Download (22) Add to my MEDBOX Note d'orientation 7 juin 2022. Ce document a pour but d'encourager les pays à élaborer et à mettre en œuvre des politiques visant à maintenir et à renforcer les programmes et mesures de prévention des infections dans les établissements de soins de santé dans le contexte de la transmission actuelle du SRAS-CoV-2, tout en reconnaissant que les tendances épidémiologiques peuvent varier et que le risque de transmission d'autres agents pathogènes existe Tags: COVID-19, ipc, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), health care facilities, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand
	WHO policy brief: Maintaining infection prevention and control measures for COVID-19 in health care facilities, 14 September 2022 World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO View PDF(43) Download (26) Add to my MEDBOX This document aims to encourage countries to develop and implement policies to maintain and strengthen IPC programmes and measures in health care facilities in the context of the current ongoing transmission of the SARS-CoV-2, with recognition that epidemiological trends may vary and the risk of transmission of other pathogens Tags: COVID-19, ipc, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), health care facilities, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand
	Contact tracing and quarantine in the context of COVID-19: interim guidance, 6 July 2022 World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO View PDF(34) Download (27) Add to my MEDBOX Contact tracing for COVID-19 is the process of identifying, assessing, and managing people who have been exposed to someone who has been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, while quarantine is the separation of contacts from other people after exposure to a probable or confirmed case of SARS-CoV-2 infection. In the context of growing global population immunity from COVID-19 vaccination and past SARS-CoV-2 infection, WHO recommends that identification, contact, quarantine and follow-up should be prioritized for individuals at high risk who have been in contact with a confirmed or probable case of SARS-CoV-2 infection, rather than targeting all contacts. This updated guidance also introduces shorter recommended quarantine periods, including the ability to further shorten quarantine through the use of testing. National and local health authorities should use risk-based approaches to contact tracing and quarantine that include reviewing and adjusting to their local circumstances and disease epidemiology, population immunity, their health system’s capacities, and risk tolerance Tags: COVID-19, Contact Tracing, Public health, Outbreak Control, Quarantine, omicron, Surveillance, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream
	Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for patient safety: a rapid review World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO View PDF(20) Download (9) Add to my MEDBOX The pandemic has emphasized the high risk of avoidable harm to patients, health workers, and the general public, and has identified a range of safety gaps across all core components of health systems at all levels. The rapid review ‘Implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for patient safety’ explores impacts that the COVID-19 pandemic did have on patient safety in terms of risks and avoidable harm, specifically in terms of diagnostic, treatment and care management related issues as well as highlights the main patterns of these implications within the broader health system context Tags: patient safety, COVID-19, health systems, safety management, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream
	Management of Dead Bodies After Disasters: A Field Manual For First Responders. (Arabic Version) Cordner, S.; R. Coninx; J.-J. Kim; et al. PAHO/World Health Organization; ICRC; IFRC (2016) C_WHO View PDF(35) Download (23) Add to my MEDBOX Second edition. This revised edition incorporates experience gained in recent catastrophes, such as the 2013 Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, the 2014/15 Ebola epidemic in West Africa and the 2015 earthquake in Nepal. It also contains a number of annexes, which cover such topics as handling the bodies of people who died from an infectious disease, burial planning and using DNA analysis in mass fatality event Tags: dead person, disaster management, humanitarian aid, dead body, catastrophe, Safe Burials, Source: https://reliefweb.int/attachments/ea2743
	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) C_WHO View PDF(571) Download (350) 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
	Standard precautions: Waste management Open WHO; World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO Open external link (1061) Add to my MEDBOX 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 from point of generation to final disposal and removal Tags: COVID-19, Waste management, healthcare service, Online Courses, Source: https://openwho.org/courses/IPC-WM-EN
	Revised COVID-19 Testing Strategy African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2022) CC View PDF(19) Download (17) Add to my MEDBOX Second edition. June 2022. This revised guidance recommends that access to COVID-19 testing is decentralized as far as possible and made available at health facilities, and through the use of self tests to enable access to care and the mitigation of transmission. Testing should be prioritized for high-risk and vulnerable individuals presenting with acute onset of respiratory illness so that those found to be infected can benefit from clinical care and access to COVID-19 therapeutics and vaccine Tags: Testing, Surveillance, outbreak prevention, outbreak managment, Prevention, transmission, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, Source: https://africacdc.org/download/revised-c

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