The Fifth Global Ministerial Summit on Patient Safety was held in Montreux, Switzerland on 23 and 24 February with the slogan “Less Harm, Better Care – from Resolution to Implementation”…
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Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Guideline 2079
Overview The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has endorsed a new guideline on Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) 2079. This guideline has been prepared by NSSD, DoHS as per…
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Minimum Service Standards for Ayurveda Hospital, Health Centre & Aushadhalaya
Overview The Minimum Service Standards (MSS) for Ayurveda health institutions is the readiness tool that sets in minimum set of standards to be fulfilled by the Ayurveda Hospital, Health Centre…
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The 5 Moments for Medication Safety
The 5 Moments for Medication Safety are the key moments where action by the patient or caregiver can greatly reduce the risk of harm associated with the use of their…
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World Patient Safety Day 2022: Medication without harm
Overview The World Patient Safety Day is a global campaign to improve patient safety, celebrated each year on 17th September. Recognizing patient safety as a global health priority, all 194 WHO Member States at The…
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Framework and toolkit for infection prevention and control in outbreak preparedness, readiness and response at the health care facility level
Overview Infectious disease outbreaks and epidemics are increasing in frequency, scale and impact. Health care facilities can amplify the transmission of emerging infectious diseases or multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) within their…
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Half of health care facilities globally lack basic hygiene services – WHO, UNICEF
Newly established global estimate on hygiene reveals the risk of disease spread and infections to patients and health care providers 30 August 2022 Joint News Release Geneva, New York Half…
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Quality Health Services: A Planning Guide (WHO Quality Toolkit)
Overview The guide is for staff working at all levels of the health system who have a role in enhancing the quality of health services. It is also relevant to…
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WHO launches first ever global report on Infection Prevention and Control
6 May 2022 News release Geneva Reveals that good IPC programmes can reduce health care infections by 70% The COVID-19 pandemic and other recent large disease outbreaks have highlighted the extent to…
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Roll Out of RDQA in Provincial and Federal Hospitals
Overview The Federal Ministry of Health and Population (FMoHP) initiated the Routine Data Quality Assessment (RDQA) in six secondary and tertiary hospitals managed by the federal and provincial governments in…