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- Hospital emergency response checklist
Hospital emergency management is a continuous process requiring the seamless integration of planning and re-sponse efforts with local and national programmes The principles and recommendations outlined in this tool are generic, applicable to a range of contingencies and based on an all-hazards approach
- Health products policy and standards
Our team provides authoritative guidance and standards on quality, safety and efficacy of health products and supports countries to formulate evidence-based policies and ensure good practice throughout the value chain
- Health Care Waste Management - World Health Organization (WHO)
Health care waste includes all the waste generated by all health care establishments, health research facilities, and health-related laboratories It also includes waste generated by home health care activities, such as dialysis, insulin injections, etc (2) (3) (4)
- Health system at breaking point as hostilities further intensify in . . .
Israel’s intensified military operations continue to threaten an already weakened health system, amidst worsening mass population displacement and acute shortages of food, water, medical supplies, fuel and shelter Four major hospitals in Gaza (Kamal Adwan Hospital, Indonesia Hospital, Hamad Hospital for Rehabilitation and Prosthetics, and European Gaza Hospital) have had to suspend medical
- The burden of health care-associated infection worldwide
Health care-associated infection (HAI), also referred to as "nosocomial" or "hospital" infection, is an infection occurring in a patient during the process of care in a hospital or other health care facility which was not present or incubating at the time of admission
- Implementation of the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative
The Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative is a global effort to implement practices that protect, promote and support breastfeeding It aims to ensure that all maternity facilities become centres of breastfeeding support
- Occupational hazards in the health sector
This e-tool is intended for use by people in charge of occupational health and safety for health workers at the national, subnational and facility levels
- SAFE HOSPITALS: PREPARED FOR EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS
Impeded emergency response Hospitals represent community focal points for mounting and coordinating emergency re- 6 sponses in the midst of disasters Loss of hospitals as a health care facility hin-ders immediate responses and may divert emergency responders and resources away from the community to focus on rescue of hospital occupants and salvage of critical hos-pital supplies
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