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Hygiene in Health Facilities

WASH in HCF Response to COVID-19 Assessment Tool  >

Published: April 24, 2020

This worksheet developed by Food for the Hungry and Engineers Without Borders USA serves as a rapid assessment of healthcare facilities to determine capacity to respond to a surge in COVID-19 cases. The tool covers four broad areas considered critical to COVID-19 response, including: Health, […]

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WASH in Healthcare Facilities Actions for COVID-19  >

Published: April 21, 2020

This brief developed by Global Water 2020 describes water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) actions that low-resource healthcare facilities can undertake to prepare for and address COVID-19.

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WASH in HCF & COVID-19 Webinar Series: Hand Hygiene Slides  >

Published: April 16, 2020

This webinar is part of a mini WASH in healthcare facilities training series. The webinar was conduced by WHO and UNICEF in April 2020. View the webinar slides here.

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FAQs: Local Production of Alcohol-Based Handrub in Health Facilities  >

Published: April 16, 2020

This Frequently Asked Questions document is based on a December 2019 webinar on the local production of alcohol-based hand rub in Uganda for healthcare workers by Infectious Disease Institute at Makerere University and the US CDC.

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Budgeting for environmental health services in healthcare facilities: a ten step model for planning and costing  >

Published: April 3, 2020

Citation: Anderson et al. 2020. Budgeting for environmental health services in healthcare facilities: a ten step model for planning and costing. Int. J of Environmental Research & Public Health.  Abstract: Environmental health services (EHS) in healthcare facilities (HCFs) are critical for safe care provision, yet their availability […]

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WASH in HCF Advocacy Pack  >

Published: March 23, 2020

This advocacy pack was developed by Global Water 2020. It includes five documents with key messages and talking points to support WASH in HCF advocacy, including WASH and COVID-19.

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Behavioural Determinants of Hand Washing and Glove Recontamination before Aseptic Procedures at Birth: A Time-and-Motion Study and Survey in Zanzibar Labour Wards  >

Published: March 5, 2020

Citation: Gon, G., Virgo S., de Barra M., Ali S.M., Campbell O.M., Graham W.J., Nash S., Woodd S.L., de Bruin M. (2020). Behavioural Determinants of Hand Washing and Glove Recontamination before Aseptic Procedures at Birth: A Time-and-Motion Study and Survey in Zanzibar Labour Wards. Int. J. […]

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WHO WASH for COVID-19 Technical Brief  >

Published: March 5, 2020

This Technical Brief supplements existing IPC documents by referring to and summarizing WHO guidance on water, sanitation and health care waste which is relevant for viruses, including coronaviruses. WHO has also published a number of technical guidance documents on specific topics, including infection prevention and […]

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How an automated personal hand hygiene system can help measure and improve hand hygiene beyond a traditional health setting  >

Published: August 21, 2019

Maria Greskowiak, BSN, RN, CHPN has been a nurse for over 20 years, and is currently an Infection Preventionist and the Manager of Education for Gulfside Healthcare Services in Tampa, Florida. Through her roles, she works to highlight the importance of hand hygiene throughout the […]

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How a call for behavior change led to innovative solutions to better hand hygiene in a hospital in Denmark  >

Published: June 10, 2019

Anne-Mette Iversen is a clinical nursing specialist at Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark. She graduated with a master’s degree in humanities and health studies at Aarhus University. For the past four years, she has emphasized the importance of hand hygiene in the Oncology Department at […]

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