MEDBOX | Toolbox Infection Control & Prevention (IPC)

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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

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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India (2020) CC

(setting approach for Health functionaries working in non-COVID areas)

Tags: PPE, rational use, Personal Protective Equipment, covid, India,

Source: https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/UpdatedAddi

Notas de orientación sobre la reapertura de escuelas en el contexto de COVID-19 para los ministerios de educación en América Latina y el Caribe

UNESCO; UNICEF; WFP (2020) C_UNICEF

Como respuesta al COVID-19 en la región, los ministerios de educación de 23 países y 12 estados independientes de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) han cerrado las escuelas de forma progresiva a nivel de la educación preescolar, primaria y secundaria desde marzo de 2020. Como resultado, se estima que alrededor de 154 millones de niños, niñas y adolescentes han sido afectados en la región (cifra que incluye alrededor de 12 millones de niños, niñas y adolescentes que estaban fuera de la escuela antes de la pandemia)

Tags: COVID-19, Coronavirus, orientaciones, escuelas,

Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.in

Infection prevention and control for the safe management of a dead body in the context of COVID-19: interim guidance

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

Tags: dead body, COVID-19, infection control, WASH,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream

Open WHO; World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

Health workers participating in pandemic response are exposed to many different occupational risks to health and safety. These include: COVID-19 infection, illness, and transmission to others; fatigue from working longer hours and heavy workload, insufficient sleep or rest, dehydration, and inadequate nutrition; musculoskeletal injury from handling of patients and heavy objects, prolonged work while using personal protective equipment which can cause heat stress, skin and mucosal damage; workplace violence and stigma, and a variety of mental health problems, emotional distress and occupational burn-out. All health workers require knowledge and skills to protect themselves and others from the occupational risks they encounter, so that they can work safely and effectively. This course consists of five sections in response to these needs: Module 1: Infectious risks to health and safety Module 2: Physical risks to health and safety Module 3: Psychosocial risks to health and safety Module 4: Basic occupational health and safety in health services

Tags: Online Courses, occupational health, occupational hygiene, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), physical risks, psychosocial needs, occupational risk, safety, COVID-19,

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

World Health Organization WHO (2020) CC

The results of a WHO survey conducted to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on up to 25 essential health services in countries show disruptions of essential health services in nearly all countries, and more so in lower-income than higher-income countries. The great majority of service disruptions were partial, which was defined as a change of 5–50% in service provision or use

Tags: COVID-19, essential health care services, essential health system, Impact, survey,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) CC

In the strategies for effective infection prevention and control (IPC), what does triage entail at hospitals? Triage includes screening at the entrance, identification of cases and isolation if necessary. There should be a triage (screening) area where visitors to the hospital are interviewed using standard questionnaires to identify symptoms, along with temperature checks and documentation of contacts. Individuals who meet the case definition for COVID-19 should be isolated immediately while arrangement is being made for swab (sample) collection from the patient. (See the WHO guidance on triage)

Tags: Triage, emergency triage, COVID-19, infection control, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), Nurse, health care personnel,

Source: https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-

F&Q: WHO COVID-19 essential supplies forecasting tool (COVID-19-ESFT)

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

The WHO COVID-19 Essential Supplies Forecasting Tool (COVID-19-ESFT) is meant to help countries forecast essential supplies for their COVID-19 response including personal protective equipment (e.g., masks and gloves), biomedical equipment for case management (e.g., ventilators and oxygen concentrators), diagnostic reagents and equipment, essential drugs for supportive care, and consumable medical supplies. The tool is best suited for estimating essential supply needs over a short time period (12 weeks or fewer) but can be used for longer. COVID-19-ESFT does not quantify or account for resources already available locally or those pending delivery. When using the ESFT to inform procurement, we recommend factoring in resources already available locally and only including the additional resources required in the forecast. This tool is updated regularly so users should monitor the website for the latest release version

Tags: forecasting, essential medical supply, biomedical equipment, medical supplies, medical equipment, COVID-19,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

This tool is designed to help governments, partners, and other stakeholders to estimate potential requirements for essential supplies to respond to the current pandemic of COVID-19. Although it gives users with an estimation of the number of cases, this calculator is not an epidemiological calculator. The focus of this tool is to forecast essential supplies: it includes estimation of personal protective equipment, diagnostic equipment, biomedical equipment for case management, essential drugs for supportive care, and consumable medical supplies. The COVID-19 ESFT tool is intended to be complimentary to the Health Workforce tools (Adaptt and the Workforce Estimator). Both tools use the same base clinical attack rate ranges and classify health workforce using ILO ISCO codes, but their outputs are intentionally different due to their primary focus

Tags: essential medical supply, essential health system, COVID-19, planning, stakeholders, governmental support, calculation, biomedical equipment, medical equipment, diagnostics,

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

Kamps, B.S.; C. Hoffmann, et al. (2020) CC

Almost all organizations recommend masks for the general public. Unfortunately, earlier in the pandemic, many did exactly the opposite – due to limited data but also due to concerns about diminished mask supply for healthcare workers and out of fear that masked individuals might be tempted to ignore rules of social distancing. In addition, conflicting national guidelines have led to variable public compliance. A few physicians, in line with some COVidiots, still argue against face mask

Tags: masks, face mask, community masks, studies, COVID-19,

Source: https://covidreference.com/top-10-August

	Caring for Someone Sick at Home or other non-healthcare settings NEW Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2022) CC Open external link (81) Add to my MEDBOX Advice for Caregivers Tags: Home based Care, residental care home, COVID-19, Source: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nco
	Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Additiona lguidelines on rational use of Personal Protective Equipment NEW Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India (2020) CC View PDF(2) Download (4) Add to my MEDBOX (setting approach for Health functionaries working in non-COVID areas) Tags: PPE, rational use, Personal Protective Equipment, covid, India, Source: https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/UpdatedAddi
	Notas de orientación sobre la reapertura de escuelas en el contexto de COVID-19 para los ministerios de educación en América Latina y el Caribe UNESCO; UNICEF; WFP (2020) C_UNICEF View PDF(0) Download (0) Add to my MEDBOX Como respuesta al COVID-19 en la región, los ministerios de educación de 23 países y 12 estados independientes de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) han cerrado las escuelas de forma progresiva a nivel de la educación preescolar, primaria y secundaria desde marzo de 2020. Como resultado, se estima que alrededor de 154 millones de niños, niñas y adolescentes han sido afectados en la región (cifra que incluye alrededor de 12 millones de niños, niñas y adolescentes que estaban fuera de la escuela antes de la pandemia) Tags: COVID-19, Coronavirus, orientaciones, escuelas, Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.in
	Infection prevention and control for the safe management of a dead body in the context of COVID-19: interim guidance World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO View PDF(4) Download (2) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: dead body, COVID-19, infection control, WASH, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream
	Occupational health and safety for health workers in the context of COVID-19 Open WHO; World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO Open external link (8) Add to my MEDBOX Health workers participating in pandemic response are exposed to many different occupational risks to health and safety. These include: COVID-19 infection, illness, and transmission to others; fatigue from working longer hours and heavy workload, insufficient sleep or rest, dehydration, and inadequate nutrition; musculoskeletal injury from handling of patients and heavy objects, prolonged work while using personal protective equipment which can cause heat stress, skin and mucosal damage; workplace violence and stigma, and a variety of mental health problems, emotional distress and occupational burn-out. All health workers require knowledge and skills to protect themselves and others from the occupational risks they encounter, so that they can work safely and effectively. This course consists of five sections in response to these needs: Module 1: Infectious risks to health and safety Module 2: Physical risks to health and safety Module 3: Psychosocial risks to health and safety Module 4: Basic occupational health and safety in health services Tags: Online Courses, occupational health, occupational hygiene, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), physical risks, psychosocial needs, occupational risk, safety, COVID-19, Source: https://openwho.org/courses/COVID-19-occ
	Pulse survey on continuity of essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic: interim report, 27 August 2020 World Health Organization WHO (2020) CC View PDF(0) Download (1) Add to my MEDBOX The results of a WHO survey conducted to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on up to 25 essential health services in countries show disruptions of essential health services in nearly all countries, and more so in lower-income than higher-income countries. The great majority of service disruptions were partial, which was defined as a change of 5–50% in service provision or use Tags: COVID-19, essential health care services, essential health system, Impact, survey, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream
	COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control: Your Questions Answered African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2020) CC View PDF(1) Download (1) Add to my MEDBOX In the strategies for effective infection prevention and control (IPC), what does triage entail at hospitals? Triage includes screening at the entrance, identification of cases and isolation if necessary. There should be a triage (screening) area where visitors to the hospital are interviewed using standard questionnaires to identify symptoms, along with temperature checks and documentation of contacts. Individuals who meet the case definition for COVID-19 should be isolated immediately while arrangement is being made for swab (sample) collection from the patient. (See the WHO guidance on triage) Tags: Triage, emergency triage, COVID-19, infection control, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), Nurse, health care personnel, Source: https://africacdc.org/download/covid-19-
	F&Q: WHO COVID-19 essential supplies forecasting tool (COVID-19-ESFT) World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO View PDF(0) Download (1) Add to my MEDBOX The WHO COVID-19 Essential Supplies Forecasting Tool (COVID-19-ESFT) is meant to help countries forecast essential supplies for their COVID-19 response including personal protective equipment (e.g., masks and gloves), biomedical equipment for case management (e.g., ventilators and oxygen concentrators), diagnostic reagents and equipment, essential drugs for supportive care, and consumable medical supplies. The tool is best suited for estimating essential supply needs over a short time period (12 weeks or fewer) but can be used for longer. COVID-19-ESFT does not quantify or account for resources already available locally or those pending delivery. When using the ESFT to inform procurement, we recommend factoring in resources already available locally and only including the additional resources required in the forecast. This tool is updated regularly so users should monitor the website for the latest release version Tags: forecasting, essential medical supply, biomedical equipment, medical supplies, medical equipment, COVID-19, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream
	COVID-19 Essential Supplies Forecasting Tool World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO Open external link (19) Add to my MEDBOX This tool is designed to help governments, partners, and other stakeholders to estimate potential requirements for essential supplies to respond to the current pandemic of COVID-19. Although it gives users with an estimation of the number of cases, this calculator is not an epidemiological calculator. The focus of this tool is to forecast essential supplies: it includes estimation of personal protective equipment, diagnostic equipment, biomedical equipment for case management, essential drugs for supportive care, and consumable medical supplies. The COVID-19 ESFT tool is intended to be complimentary to the Health Workforce tools (Adaptt and the Workforce Estimator). Both tools use the same base clinical attack rate ranges and classify health workforce using ILO ISCO codes, but their outputs are intentionally different due to their primary focus Tags: essential medical supply, essential health system, COVID-19, planning, stakeholders, governmental support, calculation, biomedical equipment, medical equipment, diagnostics, Source: https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/
	Top 20 on Face Masks Kamps, B.S.; C. Hoffmann, et al. (2020) CC View PDF(2) Download (0) Add to my MEDBOX Almost all organizations recommend masks for the general public. Unfortunately, earlier in the pandemic, many did exactly the opposite – due to limited data but also due to concerns about diminished mask supply for healthcare workers and out of fear that masked individuals might be tempted to ignore rules of social distancing. In addition, conflicting national guidelines have led to variable public compliance. A few physicians, in line with some COVidiots, still argue against face mask Tags: masks, face mask, community masks, studies, COVID-19, Source: https://covidreference.com/top-10-August

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