02840nam 2200649 a 450 991082379400332120240418062341.01-281-74407-7978661174407692-4-068449-292-4-068309-7(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 Chartier1st ed.Geneva, 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 facilitiesAdministrationEnvironmental healthStandards.Health facilitiesStandards.Health facilitiesAdministration.363.1572616.91Adams John1961-287390Bartram Jamie875089Chartier Yves277005World Health Organization.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823794003321Essential environmental health standards in health care3922852UNINA