Chapter 8, Prison and Health, published
No country can claim to be free from health-care associated infections, therefore, improvement of infection prevention and control (IPC) strategies... is essential. WHO recommends the use of multimodal improvement strategies to implement IPC interventions. These include each item of standard and transmission-based precautions according to national guidelines or standard operating procedures and under the coordination of the national IPC focal point (or team, if existing). This publication consists of three focused improvement tools, called “aide-memoires”, which focus on 1) respiratory and hand hygiene, 2) personal protective equipment, and 3) environmental cleaning, waste and linen management, all elements of standard, droplet/contact and airborne precautions.
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Interim practical manual supporting implementation of the WHO guidelines on core components of infection prevention and control programmes
2016 Update
Key population
Zanoni BC, et al. BMJ Glob Health 2016;1:e000004. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2015-000004
Guidelines
Key Populations
World Health Organization Department of Reproductive Health and Research
Brocher Foundation, Hermance, Geneva, Switzerland, 27–29 April 2016