MEDBOX | Toolbox Environmental NPIs

Roadmap to improve and ensure good indoor ventilation in the context of COVID-19

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

1 March 2021 This roadmap aims to define the key questions users should consider to assess indoor ventilation and the major steps needed to reach recommended ventilation levels or simply improve indoor air quality (IAQ) in order to reduce the risk of spread of COVID-19. It also includes recommendations on how to assess and measure the different parameters, specifically in health care, non-residential and residential settings whenever a person is under home care or home quarantine

Tags: Ventilation, indoor air, infection control, COVID-19, roadmap,

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

Guidance on Environmental decontamination in the context of COVID-19 - Arabic Verion

Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention; African Union (2020) C1

]. تختلف مخاطر التلوث COVID-19المادية في سياق جائحة مرض فيروس كـــورونـا المستجد [السطحي وانتقال العدوى باختلاف نوع الإعداد وحجم السكان الذين يترددون على كل مكان (مثل: مرافق الرعاية الصحية، والنقل العام، وغيرها من المرافق / أماكنيوضح هذا الدليل بالتفصيل المبادئ والإجراءات الأساسية للتطهير التي ينبغي اتباعها لتطهير البيئة العمل المزدحمة)، على الرغم من أن ا لعدم قدرتنا على تغطية كل موقف هنا، فإنه من الممكن ًمبادئ التطهير البيئي تظل كما هي. ونظرالقيام بتكييف هذا الدليل مع المواقف الفردية عند ظهورها. يركز هذا الدليل على كيفية تنفيذ عملية ، والذي تم )۱(ا وينبغي تقديمه كجزء من برنامج مخطط له ومحسوب المواردًإزالة التلوث البيئي عملي.]COVID-19دمجه بالكامل مع جهود الاستجابة الأخرى لمرض فيروس كـــورونـا المست�

Tags: decontamination, COVID-19, coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2,

Source: https://africacdc.org/download/guidance-

Nettoyage et désinfection des surfaces environnementales dans le cadre de la COVID-19

World Health Organization WHO (2020) CC

Orientations provisoires

Tags: desinfection, surface, Cleaning, nettoyage,

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

Guidance on Environmental decontamination in the context of COVID-19

Africa CDC (2020) C1

his guidance details basic decontamination principles and procedures that should be followed to decontaminate the physical environment in the context of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Surface contamination and transmission risk all differ by the type of setting and the volume of people that frequent each setting (e.g. healthcare facilities, public transport, and other busy facilities/workplaces), even though the principles of environmental decontamination remain the same

Tags: guidance, COVID-19, coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2,

Source: https://africacdc.org/download/guidance-

World Health Organisation (2020) C_WHO

The purpose of this document is to provide guidance on the cleaning and disinfection of environmental surfaces in the context of COVID-19. This guidance is intended for health care professionals, public health professionals and health authorities that are developing and implementing policies and standard operating procedures (SOP) on the cleaning and disinfection of environmental surfaces in the context of COVID-19

Tags: COVID-19, Health Care, cleaning SOP, Public health, Disinfection,

Source: https://www.who.int/publications-detail/

Surface sampling of coronavirus disease (COVID-19): A practical “how to” protocol for health care and public health professionals

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

The role of environmental contamination in transmission of COVID-19 virus is currently not clear. This protocol has been designed to determine (viable) virus presence and persistence on fomites in various locations where a patient infected with COVID-19 is currently receiving care or being isolated, and to understand how this may relate to COVID-19 transmission events in these settings. It is therefore important that it is done as part of a comprehensive outbreak investigation and that information obtained by environmental studies is combined with the results of epidemiological, laboratory and sequence data from COVID-19 patient investigations

Tags: surface, investigation, Outbreak Control, transmission, Environment, environment containment,

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

Aider à prévenir la propagation de COVID-19 - Nettoyez souvent les surfaces suivitantes fréquemment touchées

Association Canadienne de Santé Publique Association Canadienne de Santé Publique (2020) C2

Accessed: 04.04.2020

Tags: Coronavirus, poster,

Source: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1

COVID-19 Environmental Health Guidelines

Nation Institute for Communicable Diseases, South Africa Department: Health Republic of South Africa (2020) C2

This document aims to guide Environmental Health Services (EHS) on key roles related to the management of the outbreak. This guide should be read in conjunction with the guideline for case finding, diagnosis, management and public health response in South africa and the standard operating procedures on Novel Corona Virus -19 (COVID-19)

Tags: SARS-CoV-2, corona virus, South Africa, health worker guide, Guidelines, environmental health, environmental hygiene,

Source: http://www.nicd.ac.za/diseases-a-z-index

Standard precautions: Environmental cleaning and disinfection

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

The health care environment contains a diverse population of microorganisms and can be a reservoir for potential pathogens. If environmental cleaning is not performed correctly, then environmental contamination can contribute to the spread of multidrug-resistant organisms and health care-associated infections. Collaboration between infection prevention and control (IPC) and environmental services (EVS) staff limits the role of the health care environment in disease transmission. This course is also available in the following languages: Tetun - Bahasa Indonesi

Tags: decontamination, standard precautions, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), environmental sanitation, environmental hygiene,

Source: https://openwho.org/courses/IPC-EC-EN

Recomendações para a limpeza e desinfecção em locais públicos: supermercados, mercados, lojas de bairro, bancos, transporte público e outros

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2020) C_WHO

11/05/2020 Prevenir a contaminação de superfícies e manter condições adequadas de limpeza e desinfecção nos espaços públicos é fundamental para mitigar a transmissão do vírus e proteger a saúde dos trabalhadores e do público em geral. As superfícies com alta frequência de contato (maçanetas de portas, corrimãos, mesas de refeitório etc.) requerem atenção especial para evitar contaminação a partir das mesmas

Tags: Disinfection, COVID-19, desinfecciòn, chemical safety,

Source: https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/521

	Roadmap to improve and ensure good indoor ventilation in the context of COVID-19 World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO View PDF(42) Download (32) Add to my MEDBOX 1 March 2021 This roadmap aims to define the key questions users should consider to assess indoor ventilation and the major steps needed to reach recommended ventilation levels or simply improve indoor air quality (IAQ) in order to reduce the risk of spread of COVID-19. It also includes recommendations on how to assess and measure the different parameters, specifically in health care, non-residential and residential settings whenever a person is under home care or home quarantine Tags: Ventilation, indoor air, infection control, COVID-19, roadmap, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream
	Guidance on Environmental decontamination in the context of COVID-19 - Arabic Verion Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention; African Union (2020) C1 View PDF(20) Download (13) Add to my MEDBOX ]. تختلف مخاطر التلوث COVID-19المادية في سياق جائحة مرض فيروس كـــورونـا المستجد [السطحي وانتقال العدوى باختلاف نوع الإعداد وحجم السكان الذين يترددون على كل مكان (مثل: مرافق الرعاية الصحية، والنقل العام، وغيرها من المرافق / أماكنيوضح هذا الدليل بالتفصيل المبادئ والإجراءات الأساسية للتطهير التي ينبغي اتباعها لتطهير البيئة العمل المزدحمة)، على الرغم من أن ا لعدم قدرتنا على تغطية كل موقف هنا، فإنه من الممكن ًمبادئ التطهير البيئي تظل كما هي. ونظرالقيام بتكييف هذا الدليل مع المواقف الفردية عند ظهورها. يركز هذا الدليل على كيفية تنفيذ عملية ، والذي تم )۱(ا وينبغي تقديمه كجزء من برنامج مخطط له ومحسوب المواردًإزالة التلوث البيئي عملي.]COVID-19دمجه بالكامل مع جهود الاستجابة الأخرى لمرض فيروس كـــورونـا المست� Tags: decontamination, COVID-19, coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, Source: https://africacdc.org/download/guidance-
	Nettoyage et désinfection des surfaces environnementales dans le cadre de la COVID-19 World Health Organization WHO (2020) CC View PDF(13) Download (14) Add to my MEDBOX Orientations provisoires Tags: desinfection, surface, Cleaning, nettoyage, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand
	Guidance on Environmental decontamination in the context of COVID-19 Africa CDC (2020) C1 View PDF(13) Download (16) Add to my MEDBOX his guidance details basic decontamination principles and procedures that should be followed to decontaminate the physical environment in the context of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Surface contamination and transmission risk all differ by the type of setting and the volume of people that frequent each setting (e.g. healthcare facilities, public transport, and other busy facilities/workplaces), even though the principles of environmental decontamination remain the same Tags: guidance, COVID-19, coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, Source: https://africacdc.org/download/guidance-
	Cleaning and disinfection of environmental surfaces in the context of COVID-19 World Health Organisation (2020) C_WHO View PDF(62) Download (73) Add to my MEDBOX The purpose of this document is to provide guidance on the cleaning and disinfection of environmental surfaces in the context of COVID-19. This guidance is intended for health care professionals, public health professionals and health authorities that are developing and implementing policies and standard operating procedures (SOP) on the cleaning and disinfection of environmental surfaces in the context of COVID-19 Tags: COVID-19, Health Care, cleaning SOP, Public health, Disinfection, Source: https://www.who.int/publications-detail/
	Surface sampling of coronavirus disease (COVID-19): A practical “how to” protocol for health care and public health professionals World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO View PDF(23) Download (34) Add to my MEDBOX The role of environmental contamination in transmission of COVID-19 virus is currently not clear. This protocol has been designed to determine (viable) virus presence and persistence on fomites in various locations where a patient infected with COVID-19 is currently receiving care or being isolated, and to understand how this may relate to COVID-19 transmission events in these settings. It is therefore important that it is done as part of a comprehensive outbreak investigation and that information obtained by environmental studies is combined with the results of epidemiological, laboratory and sequence data from COVID-19 patient investigations Tags: surface, investigation, Outbreak Control, transmission, Environment, environment containment, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand
	Aider à prévenir la propagation de COVID-19 - Nettoyez souvent les surfaces suivitantes fréquemment touchées Association Canadienne de Santé Publique Association Canadienne de Santé Publique (2020) C2 View PDF(16) Download (18) Add to my MEDBOX Accessed: 04.04.2020 Tags: Coronavirus, poster, Source: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1
	COVID-19 Environmental Health Guidelines Nation Institute for Communicable Diseases, South Africa Department: Health Republic of South Africa (2020) C2 View PDF(22) Download (32) Add to my MEDBOX This document aims to guide Environmental Health Services (EHS) on key roles related to the management of the outbreak. This guide should be read in conjunction with the guideline for case finding, diagnosis, management and public health response in South africa and the standard operating procedures on Novel Corona Virus -19 (COVID-19) Tags: SARS-CoV-2, corona virus, South Africa, health worker guide, Guidelines, environmental health, environmental hygiene, Source: http://www.nicd.ac.za/diseases-a-z-index
	Standard precautions: Environmental cleaning and disinfection World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO Open external link (780) Add to my MEDBOX The health care environment contains a diverse population of microorganisms and can be a reservoir for potential pathogens. If environmental cleaning is not performed correctly, then environmental contamination can contribute to the spread of multidrug-resistant organisms and health care-associated infections. Collaboration between infection prevention and control (IPC) and environmental services (EVS) staff limits the role of the health care environment in disease transmission. This course is also available in the following languages: Tetun - Bahasa Indonesi Tags: decontamination, standard precautions, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), environmental sanitation, environmental hygiene, Source: https://openwho.org/courses/IPC-EC-EN
	Recomendações para a limpeza e desinfecção em locais públicos: supermercados, mercados, lojas de bairro, bancos, transporte público e outros Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2020) C_WHO View PDF(11) Download (10) Add to my MEDBOX 11/05/2020 Prevenir a contaminação de superfícies e manter condições adequadas de limpeza e desinfecção nos espaços públicos é fundamental para mitigar a transmissão do vírus e proteger a saúde dos trabalhadores e do público em geral. As superfícies com alta frequência de contato (maçanetas de portas, corrimãos, mesas de refeitório etc.) requerem atenção especial para evitar contaminação a partir das mesmas Tags: Disinfection, COVID-19, desinfecciòn, chemical safety, Source: https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/521

About MEDBOX

MEDBOX Video Series