02811nam 2200637 a 450 991045448970332120200520144314.01-281-74407-7978661174407692-4-068449-292-4-068309-7(CKB)1000000000690055(EBL)349985(OCoLC)476167586(SSID)ssj0000149318(PQKBManifestationID)11151213(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000149318(PQKBWorkID)10237661(PQKB)11322422(MiAaPQ)EBC349985(Au-PeEL)EBL349985(CaPaEBR)ebr10233800(CaONFJC)MIL174407(EXLCZ)99100000000069005520080903d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEssential environmental health standards in health care[electronic resource] /edited by John Adams, Jamie Bartram, Yves ChartierGeneva, Switzerland World Health Organization20081 online resource (57 p.)Description based upon print version of record.92-4-154723-5 Includes bibliographical references.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 readingHealth-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 wiEnvironmental healthStandardsHealth facilitiesStandardsHealth facilitiesAdministrationElectronic books.Environmental healthStandards.Health facilitiesStandards.Health facilitiesAdministration.363.1572616.91Adams John1961-287390Bartram Jamie875089Chartier Yves277005MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454489703321Essential environmental health standards in health care1975790UNINA