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A Method to Test the Efficacy of Handwashing for the Removal of Emerging Infectious Pathogens
Published on: June 7, 2017
[Working group on hygiene in home-intensive care]
Patrick Ziech1, Kirsten Bollongino2, Josefine Haak3
1Niedersächsisches Landesgesundheitsamt (NLGA), Hannover, Germany.
Abstract:
In response to the amendment to the Infection Protection Act (IfSG), a working group established in 2019 focused on hygiene in non-hospital intensive care and developed standardized documents for public health departments across the states to guide the conduct of inspections. These documents are primarily intended to provide practical support to the relevant public health departments. In the future, the checklist is to be structured in a modular format and expanded to include additional content. A module for assessing building structures is currently in the planning stages.
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