Title: Aide-Memoire - Early Recognition, Reporting and Infection Control Management of Acute Respiratory Diseases of Potential International Concern [FR]

Description: Aide memoire for early recognition, reporting and infection control management of acute respiratory diseases of potential international concern

Abstract: Early recognition, based on familiarity with the clinical and epidemiological factors associated with ARDs of potential concern, isolation and treatment of patients, and reporting of such cases to public health authorities are key measures.

Subjects: Patient care and safety

Title: Aide-Memoire: Epidemic and Pandemic prone acute respiratory diseases - Infection prevention and control in health care [FR]

Description: Summary of Infection prevention and control measures in health care

Abstract: Administrative controls, source control, environmental and engineering controls, and the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) according to routine and additional infection controls are key strategies

Subjects: Patient care and safety

Title: Epidemic-prone & pandemic-prone acute respiratory diseases Infection prevention & control in health-care facilities

Description: This booklet is a summary guidance drawn from the WHO guidelines entitled “Infection prevention and control of epidemic- and pandemic-prone acute respiratory diseases in health care. WHO Interim Guidelines”

Subjects: Patient care and safety

Title: How to perform a particulate respirator seal check [FR]

Description: Illustrated and commented steps to perform a particulate respirator seal check

Subjects: Patient care and safety

Title: How to put on and take off Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) [FR]

Description: Illustrated and commented steps to put on and take off Personal Protective Equipment

Subjects: Patient care and safety

Title: Infection control strategies for specific procedures in health-care facilities

Description: This document is addressed to infection control professionals, occupational health specialists and other professionals involved in patient care in health-care facilities. It is designed to provide quick reference guidance on infection prevention and control to help prevent the transmission of acute infectious respiratory diseases during health care.

Subjects: Patient care and safety

Title: Infection Prevention and Control of Epidemic and Pandemic-Prone Acute Respiratory Diseases in Health Care [FR]

Description: New interim guidelines for infection control in health care settings for epidemic and pandemic-prone respiratory diseases

Abstract: The document provides infection control guidance to help prevent the transmission of acute infectious respiratory diseases during health care, with emphasis on acute respiratory diseases that may constitute a public health emergency of international concern. The document describes infection control recommendations, the principles of environmental ventilation for airborne infections, the main components of HCF preparedness plans to prevent and control ARD outbreaks, as well as background information for the recommendations.

Subjects: Patient care and safety

Title: Maladies respiratoires aiguës à tendance épidémique ou pandémique Prévenir et combattre les infections dans les établissements de soins

Description: This booklet is a summary guidance drawn from the WHO guidelines entitled “Infection prevention and control of epidemic- and pandemic-prone acute respiratory diseases in health care. WHO Interim Guidelines”

Subjects: Patient care and safety

Title: Reducing Excess Mortality from Common Illnesses during an Influenza Pandemic

Description: This guidance aims to provide strategies for prevention and treatment, at the community and household levels, and to provide recommendations to support a minimum level of continuity for priority public health programmes during a pandemic.

Subjects: Patient care and safety; Public health measures and pandemic preparedness

Title: Stratégies de lutte contre l’infection applicables à des interventions déterminées dans des établissements de soins de santé

Description: This document is addressed to infection control professionals, occupational health specialists and other professionals involved in patient care in health-care facilities. It is designed to provide quick reference guidance on infection prevention and control to help prevent the transmission of acute infectious respiratory diseases during health care.

Subjects: Patient care and safety

Title: Trainee’s Guide: Infection-control Measures for Health Care of Patients with Acute Respiratory Diseases in Community Settings

Description: The objective of the trainee guide is to provide information on early recognition of patients with symptoms of ARDS, to raise community awareness on ARDs and to demonstrate safe techniques for care to patients with ARDS

Subjects: Patient care and safety

Training package: Infection-control Measures for Health Care of Patients with Acute Respiratory Diseases in Community Settings

Title: Trainer’s Guide: Infection-control Measures for Health Care of Patients with Acute Respiratory Diseases in Community Settings

Description: The purpose of this document is to provide trainers with material for training community health workers (CHWs) and other HCWs on the safe care of patients with ARDs at home and in community clinics. This document presents information about certain kinds of ARDs, such as SARS and avian influenza, because these are of potential international concern as risks to global public health, but also includes information that applies to all ARDs.

Subjects: Patient care and safety

Training package: Infection-control Measures for Health Care of Patients with Acute Respiratory Diseases in Community Settings