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World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

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

Maintien des mesures de lutte anti-infectieuse contre la COVID-19 dans les établissements de santé

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

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 mass gathering COVID-19 risk assessment tool: generic events, version 3

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

The content of the tool has been updated to reflect new WHO technical guidance and new evidence on both COVID-19 pandemic and mass gatherings, as well as feedback from end-users. This revision of the risk assessment tool was developed and reviewed by the WHO Mass Gathering Technical Expert Group with input from WHO area-specific technical teams. The expanded tool includes eight tabs: 1. Instructions; 2. Assessment Overview; 3. Decision Tree; 4. Risk Evaluation; 5. Risk Mitigation; 6. Decision Matrix; 7. Risk Communication; and 8. Reviewer Sign Off. There as an additional tab with a glossary and list of abbreviations

Tags: mass gathering, COVID-19, infection control, risk assessment, events,

Source: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/

Guidelines for the prevention, surveillance and management of COVID-19 infection among health care workers in Zimbabwe

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Africa (2022) C_WHO

The Guidelines for the Prevention, Surveillance and Management of COVID-19 Infection amongst Health Care Workers (HCW) in Zimbabwe were developed to prevent, detect and manage HCW COVID-19 infection, an emerging pandemic affecting the whole world. The HCW is at the fore front of this pandemic, thus the need for standardised operating procedures is of utmost importance. These guidelines therefore seek to reduce the significant morbidity and mortality among the HCW, ultimately ensuring the reduction of the cost to the health care worker and the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) as a whole. The Ministry of Health and Child Care requires that all health care workers in various health care settings follow infection prevention and control procedures. Therefore, these guidelines have been developed in line with the existing MOHCC COVID-19 guidelines that include the Zimbabwe guidelines for the surveillance of COVID-19, Management of COVID-19 and the National infection prevention and control. The Guidelines for the Prevention, Surveillance and Management of COVID-19 gives guidance to all healthcare workers on how to prevent, detect, manage and report COVID-19 exposed and confirmed cases. These guidelines were developed through a consultative process among the Infection Prevention and Control, Surveillance, Risk Communication and Community Engagement, Case management pillars in collaboration with World Health Organisation. In contribution to the national fight against COVID -19 pandemic amongst the health care workers of Zimbabwe who work in various settings, the undersigned, hereby pledge my commitment to the full operationalisation of these guidelines

Tags: ipc, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), Surveillance, COVID-19, Zimbabwe, National Guidelines, outbreak management, Outbreak Control, health-care workers, Surveillance Response,

Source: https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/f

Maintaining infection prevention and control measures for COVID-19 in health care facilities: Policy brief, 7 June 2022

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

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/rest/bitstream

Caring for Someone Sick at Home or other non-healthcare settings

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2022) CC

Advice for Caregivers

Tags: Home based Care, residental care home, COVID-19,

Source: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nco

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

This course provides information on what facilities should be doing to be prepared to respond to a case of an emerging respiratory virus such as the novel coronavirus, how to identify a case once it occurs, and how to properly implement IPC measures to ensure there is no further transmission to HCW or to other patients and others in the healthcare facility. This course has been updated in January 2022 and highlights the latest WHO guidance to date. Please note that our guidance is continuously being updated and the other language versions of the course will gradually be updated too. This training is intended for healthcare workers and public health professionals, as it is focused on infection prevention and control. This course is also available in the following languages: русский - 日本語 - français - Bahasa Indonesia - Español - Português - Italiano - српски језик - 中文 - македонски јазик - Türkçe - język polski - Tiếng Việt - العربية - Nederlands - Tetun - বাংলা - فارسي - Soomaalig

Tags: Online Courses, infection control, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), novel coronavirus, nCOV,

Source: https://openwho.org/courses/COVID-19-IPC

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

Interim guidance on COVID-19 Rapid Antigen self-testing to African Union Member States

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

This guidance addresses rationale, risk-based scenarios, practical considerations prior to adoption of the self-testing products, quality assurance, safety and ethical considerations, and data management considerations for COVID-19 self-testing. The Africa CDC recommends the use of rapid antigen self-testing within two key scenarios. The first includes testing for case identification within scenarios with a high risk of infection, including symptomatic cases and contacts of a confirmed case. The second scenario involves general screening within scenarios of low or unknown risk exposure allowing for self-care such as before gatherings with at-risk individuals and prior to participation in events involving members of different households. Within these scenarios, a positive test result indicates likelihood of current infection, while a negative test result indicates a lower risk of active infection, though it does not rule out infection altogether. All positive cases should be managed following the national COVID-19 management protocol of Member States.ssu

Tags: rapid antigen test, COVID-19, self-testing, Africa, Surveillance, Outbreak Control, household, Ethical Issues,

Source: https://africacdc.org/download/interim-g

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

	Contact tracing and quarantine in the context of COVID-19: interim guidance, 6 July 2022 NEW World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO View PDF(13) Download (18) 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
	Maintien des mesures de lutte anti-infectieuse contre la COVID-19 dans les établissements de santé World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO View PDF(6) Download (7) 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 mass gathering COVID-19 risk assessment tool: generic events, version 3 World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO Open external link (344) Add to my MEDBOX The content of the tool has been updated to reflect new WHO technical guidance and new evidence on both COVID-19 pandemic and mass gatherings, as well as feedback from end-users. This revision of the risk assessment tool was developed and reviewed by the WHO Mass Gathering Technical Expert Group with input from WHO area-specific technical teams. The expanded tool includes eight tabs: 1. Instructions; 2. Assessment Overview; 3. Decision Tree; 4. Risk Evaluation; 5. Risk Mitigation; 6. Decision Matrix; 7. Risk Communication; and 8. Reviewer Sign Off. There as an additional tab with a glossary and list of abbreviations Tags: mass gathering, COVID-19, infection control, risk assessment, events, Source: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/
	Guidelines for the prevention, surveillance and management of COVID-19 infection among health care workers in Zimbabwe World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Africa (2022) C_WHO View PDF(4) Download (4) Add to my MEDBOX The Guidelines for the Prevention, Surveillance and Management of COVID-19 Infection amongst Health Care Workers (HCW) in Zimbabwe were developed to prevent, detect and manage HCW COVID-19 infection, an emerging pandemic affecting the whole world. The HCW is at the fore front of this pandemic, thus the need for standardised operating procedures is of utmost importance. These guidelines therefore seek to reduce the significant morbidity and mortality among the HCW, ultimately ensuring the reduction of the cost to the health care worker and the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) as a whole. The Ministry of Health and Child Care requires that all health care workers in various health care settings follow infection prevention and control procedures. Therefore, these guidelines have been developed in line with the existing MOHCC COVID-19 guidelines that include the Zimbabwe guidelines for the surveillance of COVID-19, Management of COVID-19 and the National infection prevention and control. The Guidelines for the Prevention, Surveillance and Management of COVID-19 gives guidance to all healthcare workers on how to prevent, detect, manage and report COVID-19 exposed and confirmed cases. These guidelines were developed through a consultative process among the Infection Prevention and Control, Surveillance, Risk Communication and Community Engagement, Case management pillars in collaboration with World Health Organisation. In contribution to the national fight against COVID -19 pandemic amongst the health care workers of Zimbabwe who work in various settings, the undersigned, hereby pledge my commitment to the full operationalisation of these guidelines Tags: ipc, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), Surveillance, COVID-19, Zimbabwe, National Guidelines, outbreak management, Outbreak Control, health-care workers, Surveillance Response, Source: https://www.afro.who.int/sites/default/f
	Maintaining infection prevention and control measures for COVID-19 in health care facilities: Policy brief, 7 June 2022 World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO View PDF(11) Download (9) 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/rest/bitstream
	Caring for Someone Sick at Home or other non-healthcare settings Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2022) CC Open external link (625) Add to my MEDBOX Advice for Caregivers Tags: Home based Care, residental care home, COVID-19, Source: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nco
	Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) in the context of COVID-19 World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO Open external link (850) Add to my MEDBOX This course provides information on what facilities should be doing to be prepared to respond to a case of an emerging respiratory virus such as the novel coronavirus, how to identify a case once it occurs, and how to properly implement IPC measures to ensure there is no further transmission to HCW or to other patients and others in the healthcare facility. This course has been updated in January 2022 and highlights the latest WHO guidance to date. Please note that our guidance is continuously being updated and the other language versions of the course will gradually be updated too. This training is intended for healthcare workers and public health professionals, as it is focused on infection prevention and control. This course is also available in the following languages: русский - 日本語 - français - Bahasa Indonesia - Español - Português - Italiano - српски језик - 中文 - македонски јазик - Türkçe - język polski - Tiếng Việt - العربية - Nederlands - Tetun - বাংলা - فارسي - Soomaalig Tags: Online Courses, infection control, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), novel coronavirus, nCOV, Source: https://openwho.org/courses/COVID-19-IPC
	Infection prevention and control in the context of coronavirus disease (COVID-19): A living guideline World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO View PDF(21) Download (29) 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
	Interim guidance on COVID-19 Rapid Antigen self-testing to African Union Member States African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2022) C1 View PDF(9) Download (15) Add to my MEDBOX This guidance addresses rationale, risk-based scenarios, practical considerations prior to adoption of the self-testing products, quality assurance, safety and ethical considerations, and data management considerations for COVID-19 self-testing. The Africa CDC recommends the use of rapid antigen self-testing within two key scenarios. The first includes testing for case identification within scenarios with a high risk of infection, including symptomatic cases and contacts of a confirmed case. The second scenario involves general screening within scenarios of low or unknown risk exposure allowing for self-care such as before gatherings with at-risk individuals and prior to participation in events involving members of different households. Within these scenarios, a positive test result indicates likelihood of current infection, while a negative test result indicates a lower risk of active infection, though it does not rule out infection altogether. All positive cases should be managed following the national COVID-19 management protocol of Member States.ssu Tags: rapid antigen test, COVID-19, self-testing, Africa, Surveillance, Outbreak Control, household, Ethical Issues, Source: https://africacdc.org/download/interim-g
	Occupational hazards in the health sector World Health Organization WHO; ILO (2022) C_WHO Open external link (140) 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

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