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Sterilization Manual for Health Centers
The purpose of this manual is to inform health workers on the protocols and simple procedures that have been developed to prevent healthcare-associated infections. The guidelines included in this handbook show which steps to follow in cleaning, preparing, sterilizing, storing, and transporting hospital equipment so as to guarantee sterile materials--awareness of which is crucial in providing patients with safe health care. This page provides a summary and access to the full text in Spanish.
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Prevention and Control

Featured Prevention and Control Items

Campaign to Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance in Healthcare Settings
The CDC's Campaign to Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance aims to prevent antimicrobial resistance in healthcare settings. The campaign centers on four main strategies: prevent infection, diagnose and treat infection, use antimicrobials wisely, and prevent transmission. Within the context of these strategies, multiple 12-step programs are being developed targeting clinicians who treat specialty-specific patient populations including hospitalized adults, dialysis patients, surgical patients, hospitalized children, and long-term care patients. Educational tools and materials are being developed for each patient population. (63 slides with comprehensive notes attached to each)
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Disease Management Guidelines

Sterilization Manual for Health Centers

Model for a Clinical Handbook for the Treatment of Infectious Diseases

Reports

Annual Report of the Monitoring/Surveillance Network for Resistance to Antibiotics, 2004 (Brasilia, Brazil, 27-29 July 2005)

Progress made in the Project on Adaptation and Validation of the 5 Key Ways Manual on Food Safety in Elementary Schools in Guatemala

Annual Regional Report from Countries Participating in the Network for Monitoring and Surveillance of Resistance to Antibiotics (2002 data) (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 10–13 May 2003)

Annual Regional Meeting of Countries Participating in the Monitoring/Surveillance Network on Resistance to Antibiotics (Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, 17-19 April 2002)

Governing Bodies Resolutions and Policy Documents

CD48/20 Violence and Injury Prevention

WHA58/27: Improving the Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance

A58/62: Seventh Report of Committee A

WHO-EB115.R6: Antimicrobial Resistance: A Threat to Global Health Security

Toolkits

Campaign to Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance in Healthcare Settings

Social Communication

The 5 Key Ways Project: Adapting the WHO Manual on Food Safety for Use in Guatemalan Elementary Schools

The 5 key ways to keep your food safe (Content Manual)

Progress made in the Project on Adaptation and Validation of the 5 Key Ways Manual on Food Safety in Elementary Schools in Guatemala

Activity Book, The 5 key ways to keep your food safe (Teacher's Guide)

Best Practices

The 5 Key Ways Project: Adapting the WHO Manual on Food Safety for Use in Guatemalan Elementary Schools

The 5 key ways to keep your food safe (Content Manual)

Activity Book, The 5 key ways to keep your food safe (Teacher's Guide)

Quality Control

CSP27.R10: Regional Policy and Strategy for Ensuring Quality of Health Care, Including Patient Safety

Nosocomial Infection Program Rapid Evaluation Guide (Washington, DC, July 2005)

Recommendations of a Group of Experts: Standards for the Use of Automated Identification Systems for Bacteria and Susceptibility to Antimicrobials (Brasilia, Brazil, 26–28 October 2004)

Recommendations of an Expert Committee: Performance Evaluation Standards for the Kirby-Bauer Antibiogram (Areas of Inhibition or Interpretation) (Santiago, Chile, 24–26 February 2003)

Regional Strategies

Prevention and Control of Antimicrobial Resistance in the Americas: Strategic Plan for Surveillance of Resistance to Antibiotics