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Hand Hygiene For All – improving access and behaviour in health care facilities
18.10.2020
This new brief from WHO provides insights into available strategies and approaches to hand hygiene improvement in health care facilities (HCFs) in support of the new United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)/World Health Organization (WHO) Hand Hygiene for All Initiative, including sustainable interventions. The brief draws on learning from legacy work and the current evidence base. It emphasizes the synergistic relationship between IPC and WASH in HCFs and summarizes how joint action and collaboration is essential for improvement in the context of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response and beyond.
Environmental Cleaning Collaborative: Best Practices and Implementation Toolkit
27.09.2019
Presentation given at the 2019 Global Meeting on WASH in health care facilities, held in Livingstone, Zambia (9-11 September 2019). This provides an overview of a set of new resources for environmental cleaning, developed by CDC and ICAN.
Interim practical manual supporting implementation of the Guidelines for the prevention and control of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in health care facilities
07.05.2019
Including aspects on environmental cleaning and hygiene
A systematic review of nosocomial waterborne infections in neonates and mothers
26.03.2018
A systematic review looking at water sources, reservoirs, and transmission routes that lead to nosocomial waterborne infections in neonates and their mothers.
Preventing nosocomial infections in Burkina Faso
26.03.2017
A case study presented at the Global Learning Event, Nepal, 2017.
Scaling up an Evidence-Based Package for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in Zambia to Mitigate healthcare-associated infections (HAI)
26.03.2017
A case study presented at the Global Learning Event, Nepal, 2017.
Health care associated waterborne infections
26.03.2016
Presentations given at the Annual Global WASH in HCF Meeting, London, March 2016
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene & Health Care Associated Infections – A rapid exploratory review
26.03.2016
Presentations given at the Annual Global WASH in HCF Meeting, London, March 2016
Healthcare acquired infections: latest knowledge and global perspective
26.03.2016
Presentations given at the Annual Global WASH in HCF Meeting, London, March 2016
