LEADER 02817nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910823794003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-74407-7 010 $a9786611744076 010 $a92-4-068449-2 010 $a92-4-068309-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000690055 035 $a(EBL)349985 035 $a(OCoLC)476167586 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000149318 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11151213 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000149318 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10237661 035 $a(PQKB)11322422 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC349985 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL349985 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10233800 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL174407 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000690055 100 $a20080903d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aEssential environmental health standards in health care /$fedited by John Adams, Jamie Bartram, Yves Chartier 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aGeneva, Switzerland $cWorld Health Organization$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (57 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a92-4-154723-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aPreliminaries; 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 330 $aHealth-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 606 $aEnvironmental health$xStandards 606 $aHealth facilities$xStandards 606 $aHealth facilities$xAdministration 615 0$aEnvironmental health$xStandards. 615 0$aHealth facilities$xStandards. 615 0$aHealth facilities$xAdministration. 676 $a363.1572616.91 701 $aAdams$b John$f1961-$0287390 701 $aBartram$b Jamie$0875089 701 $aChartier$b Yves$0277005 712 02$aWorld Health Organization. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823794003321 996 $aEssential environmental health standards in health care$93922852 997 $aUNINA