Covid19 Guide To Safety Study Guide

Infection prevention and control in the context of coronavirus disease (COVID-19): a living guideline 13 January 2023Infection prevention and control in the context of coronavirus disease ( COVID-19): a living guideline, 13 Jan uary 2023 World Health Organization 2023. So9Kme rights reserved. This work is availa9Kble under the CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO licence. WHO reference number: WHO/2019-nCoV/9Kipc/guideline/2023.1 Contact WHO Health Emergencies - Infection 9KPrevention and Control Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Swi9Ktzerland [email protected] Summary ........................................................................9K........................................................................9K........................................................................9K... 5 Definitions ........................................................................9K........................................................................9K........................................................................9K.......... 6 Abbreviations ........................................................................9K........................................................................9K........................................................................9K..... 8 Methodology ........................................................................9K........................................................................9K........................................................................9K.............. 9 Part 1: Health care settings ........................................................................9K........................................................................9K........................................................... 12 What is an IPC programme? ........................................................................9K........................................................................9K................................................. 12 Environmental cleaning ........................................................................9K........................................................................9K......................................................... 13 Home care for patients ........................................................................9K........................................................................9K......................................................... 13 IPC when COVID-19 is suspected or confirmed ........................................................................9K........................................................................9K.............. 13 IPC principles and procedures for COVID-19 vaccination activities ........................................................................9K................................................... 13 Long term care facilities ........................................................................9K........................................................................9K........................................................ 13 Mask use ........................................................................9K........................................................................9K........................................................................9K............ 13 Mask use in health care setting acknowledgements, authorship, contributions ........................................................................9K.................... 28 PPE Technical Specifications ........................................................................9K........................................................................9K................................................ 29 Prevention, identification and management of health worker infection ........................................................................9K.............................................30 Rational use of PPE and considerations during severe shortages ........................................................................9K........................................................ 30 Risk assessment and management of exposure ........................................................................9K........................................................................9K.............. 30 Safe dead body management ........................................................................9K........................................................................9K............................................... 30 Water, sanitation, hygiene, and waste management ........................................................................9K........................................................................9K...... 30 Part 2: Community