Water, sanitation and hygiene and infection prevention and control measures for infectious diarrhoea in health-care settings

Download or read book Water, sanitation and hygiene and infection prevention and control measures for infectious diarrhoea in health-care settings written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2024-09-12 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.