Water, sanitation and hygiene and infection prevention and control measures for infectious diarrhoea in health-care settings: operational guide
World Health Organization
Sep 2024 · World Health Organization
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This operational guide addresses water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), food safety management, and infection prevention and control (IPC) measures that should be implemented in health-care settings to prevent and control transmission of infections causing infectious diarrhoea.
Key advice in this operational guide includes evaluation and improvement of key WASH infrastructure and waste management systems; implementing food safety management measures for the safe handling, preparation, and serving of food; and infection prevention and control measures for managing patients who present to health-care settings with symptoms of suspected infectious diarrhoea as well as advice for identifying, investigating, and managing patients who develop infectious diarrhoea as a health-care associated infection.
Key advice in this operational guide includes evaluation and improvement of key WASH infrastructure and waste management systems; implementing food safety management measures for the safe handling, preparation, and serving of food; and infection prevention and control measures for managing patients who present to health-care settings with symptoms of suspected infectious diarrhoea as well as advice for identifying, investigating, and managing patients who develop infectious diarrhoea as a health-care associated infection.
This operational guide addresses water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), food safety management, and infection prevention and control (IPC) measures that should be implemented in health-care settings to prevent and control transmission of infections causing infectious diarrhoea.
Key advice in thi...
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The WHO hand hygiene in health care research agenda 2023-2030, describes the progress and outcomes of the development of the Hand Hygiene research agenda led by the Technical Advisory Group on health hygiene in health care, leading up to the prioritization of research technical areas in six research domains. It discusses the first research prioritization exercise focused on the Safety Climate and Culture domain using the Delphi approach and the outcomes from this exercise. The publication highli
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