medPPE est une application pour les dispositifs Android et iOS dans laquelle les personnels de santé trouveront les informations nécessaires sur les équipements de protection individuelle (EPI), suggérés par l'OPS/OMS, qui doivent être utilisés selon la fonction et l'activité réalisée dans... le cadre de la prise en charge de patients atteints de maladies transmises par gouttelettes et par contact, telles que la COVID-19, ou lors de procédures génératrices d'aérosols.
Les mesures d'hygiène des mains et les procédures d'habillage-déshabillage pour l’utilisation de l’EPI, ainsi que les protocoles d'élimination et de gestion des déchets doivent être suivies. La diffusion d’information et la formation du personnel de santé et des responsables administratifs, ainsi que la signalétique, l’information et l’éducation des patients et de leurs proches sont tout aussi importants.
Vous pouvez télécharger le application pour iOS et Android
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Antimicrobial resistance is a major threat to modern medicine. This course in Clinical Antibiotic Stewarship brought to you by the South African Antibiotic Stewardship Programme (SAASP) teaches the principles of antibiotic prescribing and an approach to common clinical problems.
A systematic review of connections between climate change, globalization and NCD'S
This document is an update of the guidance published on 21 March 2020 and contains new evidence and guidance.
Type 1 diabetes is reported to have significant mortality in Africa. However, there is a paucity of data on pooled estimates of its incidence and prevalence in Africa. This first systematic review and meta-analysis will be conducted to determine the incidence and prevalence of this condition in Afri...ca.
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The purpose of this guideline is to explain to healthcare professionals and administrative employees what their records management obligations are in terms of the National Archives and Records Service of South Africa
Journal of Virus Eradication 2018; 4 (Supplement 2): 33–39
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine | Vol 7, No 2 | a796 | 06 December 2018
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) strainsor multidrug-resistant S.aureus, initially described in 1960s,emerged in the last decade as a cause of nosocomial infections responsible for rapidly progressive, potential fatal diseases including life-threatening pneumonia, necrotizing fascii...tis, endocarditis, osteomyelitis, severe sepsis, and toxinoses such as toxic shock syndrome. A multifactorial range of independent risk factors for MRSA has been reported in literature and include immunosuppression,hemodialysis, peripheral malperfusion, advanced age, extended in-hospital stays, residency in long-term care facilities (LTCFs), inadequacy of antimicrobial therapy,indwelling devices, insulin-requiring diabetes, and decubitusulcers, among others.
Hindawi Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology Volume 2019, Article ID 8321834, 9 pageshttps://doi.org/10.1155/2019/8321834
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Ce document d'orientation explique comment la distance physique (désignée dans les documents d'orientation précédents sous le nom de «distance sociale») peut aider à ralentir la transmission.
To help increase continental testing efforts and reduce COVID-19 transmission in Africa, Africa CDC has launched the Partnership to Accelerate COVID-19 Testing (PACT): Test, Trace, Treat. PACT will mobilize experts, community workers, supplies and other resources to TEST, TRACE and TREAT COVID-19 ca...ses in a timely manner to minimize the impact of the pandemic on the Africa continent.
Available in English and French
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February 2021.
Improving our response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Africa requires regularly updated information, constant innovation, and considerable support towards research and development (R&D) for priorities that respond to the African realities. Shaping the research agenda and stimula...ting the generation, translation, and dissemination of valuable knowledge is one of the core functions of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS), African Centre for Disease Control (Africa CDC), and WHO-AFRO. We need answers to a list of critical research questions that respond to the current realities on the African continent to guide the COVID-19 outbreak control efforts
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This report presents operational recommendations based on monthly COVID-19 online and offline community feedback trends analysis in Africa.It aims to enable evidence-based decision-making at
regional and national levels.
The Toolkit is a resource that may be used by businesses of all sizes in the different sectors. The guidelines provided in the Toolkit are intentionally general so they can easily be adapted by employers to their specific business culture, working environment and human resource procedures.
The Tool...kit will be particularly relevant to designated employers in terms of the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998. Human resources personnel, DPO’s and all organisations pursuing greater employment opportunities
for persons with disabilities will find the Toolkit similarly useful.
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