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Bookmark or Share- Hospitals - World Health Organization (WHO)Hospitals complement and amplify the effectiveness of many other parts of the health system, providing continuous availability of services for acute and complex conditions. They concentrate scarce resources within well-planned referral networks to respond efficiently to population health needs. They are an essential element of Universal Health ...
- Healthcare waste - World Health Organization (WHO)Key facts. Of the total amount of waste generated by healthcare activities, about 85% is general, non-hazardous waste. The remaining 15% is considered hazardous material that may be infectious, toxic, carcinogen, flammable, corrosive, reactive, explosive or radioactive. Every year an estimated 16 billion injections are administered worldwide ...
- Low quality healthcare is increasing the burden of illness and health ...Around 15 percent of hospital expenditure in high-income countries is due to mistakes in care or patients being infected while in hospitals. The three organisations outline the steps governments, health services and their workers, together with citizens and patients, urgently need to take to improve health care quality.
- Infection prevention and control - World Health Organization (WHO)Infection prevention and control (IPC) is a practical, evidence-based approach preventing patients and health workers from being harmed by avoidable infections. Effective IPC requires constant action at all levels of the health system, including policymakers, facility managers, health workers and those who access health services. IPC is unique in the field of patient safety and quality of care ...
- Antimicrobial stewardship programmes in health-care facilities in low ...Overview. This toolkit aims to support countries in implementing Objective 4 of the Global Action Plan – ‘‘optimize the use of antimicrobial medicines” – by providing practical guidance on how to implement antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programmes in the human health sector at the national and health-care facility level in low- and ...
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