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UNINA9910823794003321 |
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Titolo |
Essential environmental health standards in health care / / edited by John Adams, Jamie Bartram, Yves Chartier |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Geneva, Switzerland, : World Health Organization, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-74407-7 |
9786611744076 |
92-4-068449-2 |
92-4-068309-7 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (57 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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AdamsJohn <1961-> |
BartramJamie |
ChartierYves |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Environmental health - Standards |
Health facilities - Standards |
Health facilities - Administration |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminaries; Foreword; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and acronyms; 1 Introduction; 2 Implementation; 3 Guidelines for setting environmental health standards; 4 Assessment checklist; 5 Glossary; 6 Further reading |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Health-care associated infections affect between 5 and 30% of patients. The associated burden of disease is extremely high, and is a significant drain on health-sector resources and households. Ensuring safe environmental health conditions in health care can reduce the transmission of health care associated infections. The interventions provide an educational opportunity to promote safe environments that are relevant to the population at large, and thereby also contribute to safe environments encountered at home. This is especially relevant to the trend towards increased home-based care, as wi |
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