MEDBOX | Toolbox For Health Worker

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

1.0 PURPOSE To define the procedure for the conduct of in-person meetings in both healthcare and community settings in response to COVID-19 and with respect to Public Health and Social Measures (PHSMs) to reduce the risk of disease transmission. A general risk assessment must be conducted to inform context specific recommendations. 2.0 SCOPE The procedure in this document is applicable to all meetings that require convening people together physically. 3.0 SAFETY AND HYGIENE PROCEDURE Before entry into the meeting room/venue: • Presentation of evidence for complete doses of COVID-19 vaccination (depending on COVID-19 vaccine taken) or negative COVID-19 PCR test done within the last 72 hours, or where applicable proof of daily negative RDT result. The Africa Union Trusted Travel platform, with technical support from the PanaBIOS Consortium has implemented an online system that allows Airlines and Port Health services to authenticate and verify traveler’s COVID-19 results certificates in line with international standards, across Africa and beyond. • Hand hygiene stations should be available at the points of entry. • All participants must wear a well fitted mask that covers the nose and mouth. Medical masks should be provided all meeting participants

Tags: ipc, Hand Hygiene, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), COVID-19, Capacity Building, Standard Operative Procedure (SOP), SOP,

Source: https://africacdc.org/download/infection

COVID-19 Exercise Programme - Drills for Vaccine Deployment

WHO (2022) C_WHO

This drill package is part of a broader COVID-19 simulation exercise package, including vaccine tabletop exercises(TTX). For exercises to be most effective, it is recommended they should be part of a comprehensive programme made up of progressively complex exercises, each exercise building on the previous one until they are as close to reality as possible Available in English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish and Portugues

Tags: COVID-19, exercise programme, vaccine, Health Workers, simulation exercise,

Source: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/

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

Open WHO; World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

All health workers require knowledge and skills to care for patients safely and protect themselves from undue harm. This course was developed due to the enormous emphasis placed on need for safe provision of oxygen to patients with COVID-19, but can be used for conditions beyond COVID-19. This course teaches how to choose the right equipment for your facility, how to set up new respiratory equipment, how to clinically use respiratory equipment, how to maintain equipment, including troubleshooting, repairs and infection prevention and control, and how to decommission equipment

Tags: oxygen therapy, oxygen equipment, pulse oximeter, concentrator, medical devices, COVID-19, Online Courses,

Source: https://openwho.org/courses/respiratory-

COVID-19 vaccine-specific resources

Open WHO; World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

Health workers involved in deployment and implementation of COVID-19 vaccination require vaccine-specific knowledge to ensure safe and efficient vaccine delivery. This training provides key information about COVID-19 vaccines through short instructional videos, vaccine explainers, job aids, topic briefings, and downloadable presentations. It builds on the COVID-19 vaccination training for health workers and the Orientation to National Deployment and Vaccination Planning for COVID-19. Please note that further videos and resources concerning other vaccines will be added as they receive emergency use listing (EUL) or prequalification. Available in different language

Tags: COVID-19, vaccine, health worker deployment, safety, Vaccine safety,

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

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

Adaptés aux femmes? EPI surs et décents pour les femmes dans le secteur de la santé des soins

Women for Global Health WGH (2022) CC

Janvier 2022. L'une des nombreuses inégalités entre les sexes dans le secteur de la santé et des soins que COVID-19 a révélées concerne l'ajustement et la conception des équipements de protection individuelle (EPI). L'apparition rapide et l'ampleur de COVID-19 ont entraîné des pénuries d'EPI dans la plupart des pays, provoquant des infections et des décès évitables parmi les travailleurs de la santé et d'autres personnes en première ligne. Bien que la plupart des travailleurs de la santé soient des femmes, les spécifications de fabrication des EPI médicaux sont généralement établies en fonction du corps masculin et de nombreux cas d'EPI non conçus pour le corps des femmes ont été signalés. WGH a entrepris un projet de recherche mondial afin de documenter les défis auxquels les travailleuses de la santé sont confrontées

Tags: PPE, Women, safety, size, Healthcare workers, female, COVID-19, Ebola, Personal Protective Equipment, inequalities, occupational risk,

Source: https://www.womeningh.org/_files/ugd/ffa

Fit for women? Safe and decent PPE for women health and care workers. Excecutive Summary

Women for Global Health WGH (2022) CC

One of the many gender inequities in the health and care workforce that COVID-19 has exposed is around the fit and design of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). The rapid onset and scale of COVID-19 led to shortages of PPE in most countries, causing preventable infection and mortality among healthcare workers and others on the front lines. Even though most health workers are women, manufacturing specifications for medical PPE are usually drawn up based on the male body and there have been many reports of PPE not designed for women's bodies. WGH undertook a global research project to document the challenges women health workers have faced

Tags: PPE, Women, safety, size, Healthcare workers, female, COVID-19, Ebola, Personal Protective Equipment, inequalities, occupational risk,

Source: https://www.womeningh.org/_files/ugd/ffa

Apto para mujeres? Mejora del equipo de protección personal (EPP) para las mujeres trabajadoras de la salud y el cuidado

Women for Global Health WGH (2022) CC

Una de las muchas desigualdades de género en el personal sanitario y asistencial que COVID-19 ha puesto de manifiesto es la relativa al ajuste y el diseño de los equipos de protección individual (EPP). La rápida aparición y la escala de COVID-19 condujeron a la escasez de EPP en la mayoría de los países, causando infecciones y mortalidad prevenibles entre los trabajadores de la salud y otros en primera línea. A pesar de que la mayoría de los trabajadores sanitarios son mujeres, las especificaciones de fabricación de los EPI médicos suelen estar elaboradas en función del cuerpo masculino y se han registrado muchos casos de EPI no diseñados para el cuerpo de las mujeres. El WGH emprendió un proyecto de investigación global para documentar los retos a los que se enfrentan las trabajadoras sanitarias

Tags: PPE, Women, safety, size, Healthcare workers, female, COVID-19, Ebola, Personal Protective Equipment, inequalities, occupational risk, protección, equipos de protección personal, mujeres,

Source: https://www.womeningh.org/_files/ugd/ffa

Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic Updated Feb. 2, 2022

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2022) C_CDC

Tags: Healthcare workers, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), COVID-19, Guidelines,

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

	Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Training/Meetings in the context of COVID-19 African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2022) CC View PDF(14) Download (18) Add to my MEDBOX 1.0 PURPOSE To define the procedure for the conduct of in-person meetings in both healthcare and community settings in response to COVID-19 and with respect to Public Health and Social Measures (PHSMs) to reduce the risk of disease transmission. A general risk assessment must be conducted to inform context specific recommendations. 2.0 SCOPE The procedure in this document is applicable to all meetings that require convening people together physically. 3.0 SAFETY AND HYGIENE PROCEDURE Before entry into the meeting room/venue: • Presentation of evidence for complete doses of COVID-19 vaccination (depending on COVID-19 vaccine taken) or negative COVID-19 PCR test done within the last 72 hours, or where applicable proof of daily negative RDT result. The Africa Union Trusted Travel platform, with technical support from the PanaBIOS Consortium has implemented an online system that allows Airlines and Port Health services to authenticate and verify traveler’s COVID-19 results certificates in line with international standards, across Africa and beyond. • Hand hygiene stations should be available at the points of entry. • All participants must wear a well fitted mask that covers the nose and mouth. Medical masks should be provided all meeting participants Tags: ipc, Hand Hygiene, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), COVID-19, Capacity Building, Standard Operative Procedure (SOP), SOP, Source: https://africacdc.org/download/infection
	COVID-19 Exercise Programme - Drills for Vaccine Deployment WHO (2022) C_WHO Open external link (107) Add to my MEDBOX This drill package is part of a broader COVID-19 simulation exercise package, including vaccine tabletop exercises(TTX). For exercises to be most effective, it is recommended they should be part of a comprehensive programme made up of progressively complex exercises, each exercise building on the previous one until they are as close to reality as possible Available in English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish and Portugues Tags: COVID-19, exercise programme, vaccine, Health Workers, simulation exercise, Source: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/
	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
	COVID-19 respiratory equipment Open WHO; World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO Open external link (98) Add to my MEDBOX All health workers require knowledge and skills to care for patients safely and protect themselves from undue harm. This course was developed due to the enormous emphasis placed on need for safe provision of oxygen to patients with COVID-19, but can be used for conditions beyond COVID-19. This course teaches how to choose the right equipment for your facility, how to set up new respiratory equipment, how to clinically use respiratory equipment, how to maintain equipment, including troubleshooting, repairs and infection prevention and control, and how to decommission equipment Tags: oxygen therapy, oxygen equipment, pulse oximeter, concentrator, medical devices, COVID-19, Online Courses, Source: https://openwho.org/courses/respiratory-
	COVID-19 vaccine-specific resources Open WHO; World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO Open external link (86) Add to my MEDBOX Health workers involved in deployment and implementation of COVID-19 vaccination require vaccine-specific knowledge to ensure safe and efficient vaccine delivery. This training provides key information about COVID-19 vaccines through short instructional videos, vaccine explainers, job aids, topic briefings, and downloadable presentations. It builds on the COVID-19 vaccination training for health workers and the Orientation to National Deployment and Vaccination Planning for COVID-19. Please note that further videos and resources concerning other vaccines will be added as they receive emergency use listing (EUL) or prequalification. Available in different language Tags: COVID-19, vaccine, health worker deployment, safety, Vaccine safety, Source: https://openwho.org/courses/COVID-19-vac
	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
	Adaptés aux femmes? EPI surs et décents pour les femmes dans le secteur de la santé des soins Women for Global Health WGH (2022) CC View PDF(21) Download (23) Add to my MEDBOX Janvier 2022. L'une des nombreuses inégalités entre les sexes dans le secteur de la santé et des soins que COVID-19 a révélées concerne l'ajustement et la conception des équipements de protection individuelle (EPI). L'apparition rapide et l'ampleur de COVID-19 ont entraîné des pénuries d'EPI dans la plupart des pays, provoquant des infections et des décès évitables parmi les travailleurs de la santé et d'autres personnes en première ligne. Bien que la plupart des travailleurs de la santé soient des femmes, les spécifications de fabrication des EPI médicaux sont généralement établies en fonction du corps masculin et de nombreux cas d'EPI non conçus pour le corps des femmes ont été signalés. WGH a entrepris un projet de recherche mondial afin de documenter les défis auxquels les travailleuses de la santé sont confrontées Tags: PPE, Women, safety, size, Healthcare workers, female, COVID-19, Ebola, Personal Protective Equipment, inequalities, occupational risk, Source: https://www.womeningh.org/_files/ugd/ffa
	Fit for women? Safe and decent PPE for women health and care workers. Excecutive Summary Women for Global Health WGH (2022) CC View PDF(23) Download (27) Add to my MEDBOX One of the many gender inequities in the health and care workforce that COVID-19 has exposed is around the fit and design of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). The rapid onset and scale of COVID-19 led to shortages of PPE in most countries, causing preventable infection and mortality among healthcare workers and others on the front lines. Even though most health workers are women, manufacturing specifications for medical PPE are usually drawn up based on the male body and there have been many reports of PPE not designed for women's bodies. WGH undertook a global research project to document the challenges women health workers have faced Tags: PPE, Women, safety, size, Healthcare workers, female, COVID-19, Ebola, Personal Protective Equipment, inequalities, occupational risk, Source: https://www.womeningh.org/_files/ugd/ffa
	Apto para mujeres? Mejora del equipo de protección personal (EPP) para las mujeres trabajadoras de la salud y el cuidado Women for Global Health WGH (2022) CC View PDF(19) Download (21) Add to my MEDBOX Una de las muchas desigualdades de género en el personal sanitario y asistencial que COVID-19 ha puesto de manifiesto es la relativa al ajuste y el diseño de los equipos de protección individual (EPP). La rápida aparición y la escala de COVID-19 condujeron a la escasez de EPP en la mayoría de los países, causando infecciones y mortalidad prevenibles entre los trabajadores de la salud y otros en primera línea. A pesar de que la mayoría de los trabajadores sanitarios son mujeres, las especificaciones de fabricación de los EPI médicos suelen estar elaboradas en función del cuerpo masculino y se han registrado muchos casos de EPI no diseñados para el cuerpo de las mujeres. El WGH emprendió un proyecto de investigación global para documentar los retos a los que se enfrentan las trabajadoras sanitarias Tags: PPE, Women, safety, size, Healthcare workers, female, COVID-19, Ebola, Personal Protective Equipment, inequalities, occupational risk, protección, equipos de protección personal, mujeres, Source: https://www.womeningh.org/_files/ugd/ffa
	Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic Updated Feb. 2, 2022 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2022) C_CDC Open external link (126) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: Healthcare workers, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), COVID-19, Guidelines, Source: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nco

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