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Publisher : World Health Organization
ISBN 13 : 924001165X
Total Pages : 69 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Core competencies for infection prevention and control professionals written by and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : World Health Organization
ISBN 13 : 9240080058
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Competencies for One Health field epidemiology (COHFE) framework written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2024-02-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The COHFE framework defines the knowledge, skills, and competencies (KSC) needed for field epidemiologists to implement the One Health approach. It consists of 14 domains with guidance for the frontline, intermediate, and advanced training levels. KSC statements are further classified as core One Health, optional One Health, or sector-specific for human health, animal health, or the environment. Technical domains - Foundational knowledge & skills - Surveillance systems - Field investigations - Disease management - Laboratory capacity - Infection prevention & control, biosafety & biosecurity - Preparedness & response - Epidemiological studies - Data management, biostatistics & informatics - Ecosystem Health Functional domains - Leadership & management - Communication & community engagement - Training - Ethics
Author : Nizam Damani
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019254795X
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)
Download or read book Manual of Infection Prevention and Control written by Nizam Damani and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-02-14 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, we have begun to recognise the rising threat of Multidrug Resistant Organisms (MDORs), and the profound impact that healthcare associated infections (HCAIs), such as MRSA, can have on both patient safety and quality of care. HCAIs prolong patients' hospital stays, and increase morbidity as well as mortality rates, yet diagnosing and treating these infections is a costly process that can place intense pressure on already limited healthcare resources. The updated and significantly expanded new edition of Manual of Infection Prevention and Control is a practical handbook that provides a comprehensive overview of HCAI control and prevention in all healthcare facilities. Clear diagrams and quick-access tables give step-by-step instructions to guide the reader through real-life prevention strategies such as hand wash, disinfection, and sterilisation. A truly current and global source, this book also includes information regarding infection outbreak management, and detailed sections on specific pathogens such as swine flu, C Difficile, ESBL, MRSA, E.coli 0157, XDR-TB, and Ebola. Manual of Infection Prevention and Control is a fully illustrated, evidence based guide for doctors, nurses, and public health physicians working to prevent the spreading of infectious diseases - most particularly HCAIs. It is also a valuable reference for environmental health officers, health educators, practice managers in GP surgeries, and health service managers.
Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : World Health Organization
ISBN 13 : 9240094121
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Infection prevention and control in-service education and training curriculum written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2024-05-17 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary objective of this curriculum is to equip health and care workers with the essential knowledge and competencies necessary for delivering safe and effective care. By doing so it aims to significantly reduce HAIs and combat antimicrobial resistance, thereby safeguarding both patient and HCWs well-being. This curriculum is developed to meet the needs of IPC professionals responsible for developing learning resources and overseeing training within health care organizations. Moreover, the curriculum is intended to encompass all individuals involved in health care delivery and support. This holistic approach includes a wide range of staff -ranging from clinical workers to administrative and auxiliary services, thus ensuring a broad and inclusive approach to IPC training. The guide is designed to be flexible, allowing for adaptation to various educational and practical contexts to meet specific national and local IPC requirements and policies. It delineates three distinct competency levels within the curriculum: • foundational: introduces basic IPC principles applicable universally across all health and care worker roles; • intermediate: delivers more detailed IPC practices, particularly for clinical practitioners in direct contact with patients; • advanced: provides specialized IPC knowledge tailored for clinical specialists and managerial roles, reflecting the specific needs of their positions and settings. This curriculum serves as an essential reference tool to support the planning, development, and localization of IPC education materials, aligning closely with the WHO core components for IPC programmes and the directions provided within the WHO global strategy and action plan on IPC. It supports countries in their efforts to implement actions to improve IPC knowledge and skills among health and care workers according to the recommendations in the WHO global action plan and monitoring framework. By enhancing the IPC competencies of health and care workers, this guide supports the capacity of the health care system to effectively manage and prevent infections, which is particularly crucial in improving patient outcomes and promoting safer health care environments, including in the context of epidemics, pandemics and other public health emergencies.
Author : James T. Walker
Publisher : Woodhead Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0081025661
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (81 download)
Download or read book Decontamination in Hospitals and Healthcare written by James T. Walker and published by Woodhead Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decontamination in Hospitals and Healthcare, Second Edition, enables users to obtain detailed knowledge of decontamination practices in healthcare settings, including surfaces, devices, clothing and people, with a specific focus on hospitals and dental clinics. - Offers in-depth coverage of all aspects of decontamination in healthcare - Examines the decontamination of surgical equipment and endoscopes - Expanded to include new information on behavioral principles in decontamination, control of microbiological problems, waterborne microorganisms, pseudomonas and the decontamination of laundry
Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org. [Author] [Author]
ISBN 13 : 9251384924
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (513 download)
Download or read book Guidance for One Health field epidemiology curriculum development written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org. [Author] [Author]. This book was released on 2024-05-20 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document details higher order One Health competencies at the subdomain level based on competencies defined in the 14 domains of the COHFE Framework. [Author] The subdomain level higher order competencies are defined in Table X. [Author]1 for each domain (numbered by domain) at three training levels (frontline, intermediate and advanced), with each level building on the previous level so that demonstration of the previous level’s competencies is required in addition to those indicated at the given level. [Author] The guidance also recommends and describes curriculum topics and provides example learning objectives for all three training levels. [Author]
Author : Liam Donaldson
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030594033
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Textbook of Patient Safety and Clinical Risk Management written by Liam Donaldson and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-12-14 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Implementing safety practices in healthcare saves lives and improves the quality of care: it is therefore vital to apply good clinical practices, such as the WHO surgical checklist, to adopt the most appropriate measures for the prevention of assistance-related risks, and to identify the potential ones using tools such as reporting & learning systems. The culture of safety in the care environment and of human factors influencing it should be developed from the beginning of medical studies and in the first years of professional practice, in order to have the maximum impact on clinicians' and nurses' behavior. Medical errors tend to vary with the level of proficiency and experience, and this must be taken into account in adverse events prevention. Human factors assume a decisive importance in resilient organizations, and an understanding of risk control and containment is fundamental for all medical and surgical specialties. This open access book offers recommendations and examples of how to improve patient safety by changing practices, introducing organizational and technological innovations, and creating effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable care systems, in order to spread the quality and patient safety culture among the new generation of healthcare professionals, and is intended for residents and young professionals in different clinical specialties.
Author : World Health Organization
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789241549929
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (499 download)
Download or read book Guidelines on Core Components of Infection Prevention and Control Programmes at the National and Acute Health Care Facility Level written by World Health Organization and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health care-associated infections (HAI) are one of the most common adverse events in care delivery and a major public health problem with an impact on morbidity, mortality and quality of life. At any one time, up to 7% of patients in developed and 10% in developing countries will acquire at least one HAI. These infections also present a significant economic burden at the societal level. However, a large percentage are preventable through effective infection prevention and control (IPC) measures. These new guidelines on the core components of IPC programmes at the national and facility level will enhance the capacity of Member States to develop and implement effective technical and behaviour modifying interventions. They form a key part of WHO strategies to prevent current and future threats from infectious diseases such as Ebola, strengthen health service resilience, help combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and improve the overall quality of health care delivery. They are also intended to support countries in the development of their own national protocols for IPC and AMR action plans and to support health care facilities as they develop or strengthen their own approaches to IPC. These are the first international evidence-based guidelines on the core components of IPC programmes. These new WHO guidelines are applicable for any country and suitable to local adaptations, and take account of the strength of available scientific evidence, the cost and resource implications, and patient values and preferences.
Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : World Health Organization
ISBN 13 : 9789241597906
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (979 download)
Download or read book WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care provide health-care workers (HCWs), hospital administrators and health authorities with a thorough review of evidence on hand hygiene in health care and specific recommendations to improve practices and reduce transmission of pathogenic microorganisms to patients and HCWs. The present Guidelines are intended to be implemented in any situation in which health care is delivered either to a patient or to a specific group in a population. Therefore, this concept applies to all settings where health care is permanently or occasionally performed, such as home care by birth attendants. Definitions of health-care settings are proposed in Appendix 1. These Guidelines and the associated WHO Multimodal Hand Hygiene Improvement Strategy and an Implementation Toolkit (http://www.who.int/gpsc/en/) are designed to offer health-care facilities in Member States a conceptual framework and practical tools for the application of recommendations in practice at the bedside. While ensuring consistency with the Guidelines recommendations, individual adaptation according to local regulations, settings, needs, and resources is desirable. This extensive review includes in one document sufficient technical information to support training materials and help plan implementation strategies. The document comprises six parts.
Author : Helena Legido-Quigley
Publisher : World Health Organization
ISBN 13 : 9289071931
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Assuring the Quality of Health Care in the European Union written by Helena Legido-Quigley and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2008 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People have always travelled within Europe for work and leisure, although never before with the current intensity. Now, however, they are travelling for many other reasons, including the quest for key services such as health care. Whatever the reason for travelling, one question they ask is "If I fall ill, will the health care I receive be of a high standard?" This book examines, for the first time, the systems that have been put in place in all of the European Union's 27 Member States. The picture it paints is mixed. Some have well developed systems, setting standards based on the best available evidence, monitoring the care provided, and taking action where it falls short. Others need to overcome significant obstacles.
Author : Samuel Ghebrehewet
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198745478
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)
Download or read book Health Protection written by Samuel Ghebrehewet and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health Protection: Principles and practice is a practical guide for practitioners working at all levels in public health and health protection, including those with a non-specialist background. It is the first textbook in health protection to address all three domains within the field (communicable disease control; emergency preparedness, resilience and response (EPRR); and environmental public health) in a comprehensive and integrated manner. Written by leading practitioners in the field, the book is rooted in a practice-led, all-hazards approach, which allows for easy real-world application of the topics discussed. The chapters are arranged in six sections, which begin with an in-depth introduction to the principles of health protection and go on to illuminate the three key elements of the field by providing: case studies and scenarios to describe common and important issues in the practice of health protection; health protection tools, which span epidemiology and statistics, infection control, immunisation, disease surveillance, and audit and service improvement; and evidence about new and emerging health protection issues. It includes more than 100 health protection checklists (SIMCARDs), covering infections from anthrax to yellow fever, non-infectious diseases emergencies and environmental hazards. Written from first-hand experience of managing communicable diseases these provide practical, stand-alone quick reference guides for in-practice use. Both the topical content of Health Protection: Principles and practice, and the clearly described health protection principles the book provides, makes it a highly relevant resource for wider public health and health protection professionals in this continually evolving field.
Author : National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781864965223
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (652 download)
Download or read book Caring for People who Sniff Petrol Or Other Volatile Substances written by National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia) and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These guidelines provide recommendations that outline the critical aspects of infection prevention and control. The recommendations were developed using the best available evidence and consensus methods by the Infection Control Steering Committee. They have been prioritised as key areas to prevent and control infection in a healthcare facility. It is recognised that the level of risk may differ according to the different types of facility and therefore some recommendations should be justified by risk assessment. When implementing these recommendations all healthcare facilities need to consider the risk of transmission of infection and implement according to their specific setting and circumstances.
Author : World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
Publisher : World Health Organization
ISBN 13 : 9789289002790
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (27 download)
Download or read book Health 2020 written by World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher's description: In 2012 the WHO Regional Committee for Europe approved Health 2020 in two forms. This publication gives both. The shorter policy framework provides European politicians and policy-makers with Health 2020's main values and principles and key strategic advice to support action for health and well-being. The longer policy framework and strategy give more detail in terms of evidence and practice. It has two strategic objectives constructed around equity gender and human rights and improved governance for health.
Author : Elisabeth Presterl
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030020266
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Basic Microbiology and Infection Control for Midwives written by Elisabeth Presterl and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-12-26 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an evidence-based, practical approach to the diagnosis and treatment of the most frequent fungal infections in a general hospital. It offers a comprehensive overview of the basic medical and scientific background of fungal infections and carefully explains and discusses epidemiology, pathogenesis, and clinical presentation. Readers will acquire a good and clear perception of invasive fungal infections, including diagnosis and treatment. This user-friendly resource not only serves as a valuable tool in clinical management, but also provides the basis for further research questions and studies in this particular field. It will be a useful companion for midwives as well as for doctors, medical and pharmacy students, nurses and other healthcare professionals.
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264805907
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (648 download)
Download or read book Improving Healthcare Quality in Europe Characteristics, Effectiveness and Implementation of Different Strategies written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-17 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, developed by the Observatory together with OECD, provides an overall conceptual framework for understanding and applying strategies aimed at improving quality of care. Crucially, it summarizes available evidence on different quality strategies and provides recommendations for their implementation. This book is intended to help policy-makers to understand concepts of quality and to support them to evaluate single strategies and combinations of strategies.
Author : Joseph L. Nates
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9783319745879
Total Pages : 2099 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (458 download)
Download or read book Oncologic Critical Care written by Joseph L. Nates and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-10-30 with total page 2099 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This major reference work is the most comprehensive resource on oncologic critical care. The text reviews all significant aspects of oncologic ICU practices, with a particular focus on challenges encountered in the diagnosis and management of the critically ill cancer patient population. Comprised of over 140 chapters, the text explores such topics as the organization and management of an oncologic ICU, diseases and complications encountered in the oncologic ICU, multidisciplinary care, surgical care, transfusion medicine, special patient populations, critical care procedures, ethics, pain management, and palliative care. Written by worldwide experts in the field, Oncologic Critical Care is a valuable resource for intensivists, advance practice providers, nurses, and other healthcare providers, that will help close significant knowledge and educational gaps within the realm of medical care for critically ill cancer patients.
Author : Candace Friedman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780955586101
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (861 download)
Download or read book IFIC Basic Concepts of Infection Control written by Candace Friedman and published by . This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
