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Infection Prevention Guidelines for Healthcare Facilities with Limited Resources

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PART 1. FUNDAMENTALS OF INFECTION PREVENTION

ONE

INTRODUCTION TO INFECTION PREVENTION

TWO STANDARD PRECAUTIONS
THREE HAND HYGIENE
FOUR GLOVES
FIVE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND DRAPES
SIX SURGICAL ANTISEPSIS
SEVEN SAFE PRACTICES IN THE OPERATING ROOM
EIGHT WASTE MANAGEMENT

PART 2. PROCESSING INSTRUMENTS, GLOVES AND OTHER ITEMS

NINE

OVERVIEW OF RECOMMENDED PROCESSES

TEN DECONTAMINATON AND CLEANING
ELEVEN STERILIZATION
TWELVE HIGH-LEVEL DISINFECTION
THIRTEEN PROCESSING LINEN
FOURTEEN REPROCESSING DISPOSABLE (SINGLE-USE) ITEMS

PART 3. IMPLEMENTING INFECTION PREVENTION IN HEALTHCARE FACILITIES

FIFTEEN 

TRAFFIC FLOW AND ACTIVITY PATTERNS

SIXTEEN HOUSEKEEPING
SEVENTEEN CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICES
EIGHTEEN BLOOD BANK AND TRANSFUSION SERVICES
NINETEEN MANAGEMENT OF AN INFECTION PREVENTION PROGRAM

PART 4. NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS

TWENTY

PREVENTING NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS

TWENTY-ONE ISOLATION PRECAUTION GUIDELINES FOR HOSPITALS
TWENTY-TWO PREVENTING URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS
TWENTY-THREE PREVENTING SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS
TWENTY-FOUR PREVENTING INFECTIONS RELATED TO USE OF 
INTRAVASCULAR DEVICES
TWENTY-FIVE PREVENTING MATERNAL AND NEWBORN INFECTIONS
TWENTY-SIX PREVENTING INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA AND MANAGING 
FOOD AND WATER SERVICES
TWENTY-SEVEN PREVENTING PNEUMONIA
TWENTY-EIGHT INFECTION-MONITORING (SURVEILLANCE) ACTIVITIES

APPENDICES

GLOSSARY

 


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