- Magazine Volume:
2024 Vol. 2
- Article number:
1
- Content Type:
World Information
- Category:
Hand Hygiene
- Facility:
Acute Care Hospital
- Field to link to full PDF field:
HosCom_International_2024_vol2.pdf
- Authors :
Hiroki Saito1,2, Ermira Tartari3, Carolina Fankhauser4, Hilda Márquez Villarreal5, Didier Pittet4
- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, St. Marianna University Yokohama Seibu Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
- Institute of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, Msida, Malta
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, University of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
- References:
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- World Health Organization. WHO research agenda for hand hygiene in health care 2023-2030: summary [Internet]. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2023. Available from: https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/367527
- Tartari E, Fankhauser C, Masson-Roy S, Márquez-Villarreal H, Fernández Moreno I, Rodríguez Navas ML, et al. Train-the-Trainers in hand hygiene: a standardized approach to guide education in infection prevention and control. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2019 Dec 30;8(1):206.
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- Saito H, Okamoto K, Fankhauser C, Tartari E, Pittet D. Train-the-Trainers in hand hygiene facilitate the implementation of the WHO hand hygiene multimodal improvement strategy in Japan: evidence for the role of local trainers, adaptation, and sustainability. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2023 Jun 9;12(1):56.
Introduction
Hand hygiene is widely regarded as a fundamental aspect of clinical practice, serving as an indispensable measure for the prevention of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In 2009,...
- Magazine Volume:
2024 Vol. 2
- Article number:
2
- Content Type:
World Information
- Category:
Outbreak
- Facility:
General
- Field to link to full PDF field:
HosCom_International_2024_vol2.pdf
- Authors :
Dr Bonnie Okeke, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Science and Strategic Projects, Saraya Europe
- References:
- Okeke, B. (2023). Living with the Covid-19 Pandemic in the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA) Countries and Countries Opening Up. HosCom Int. Saraya Healthcare News, 2023 (1):8. Available at: https://saraya.world/images/sections/healthcare/hoscom_international/HosCom_International_2023_web.pdf (Accessed: 30 May 2024)
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- Tanne, J.H. (2023). Covid-19: US will end public health emergency on 11 May, says Biden. The British Medical Journal, 380, p. 262. Available at: https://www.bmj.com/content/380/bmj.p262 (Accessed: 24 May 2024).
- US Department of Health and Human Services (2023). Fact sheet: end of the COVID-19 public health emergency. Available at: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/05/09/fact-sheet-end-of-the-covid-19-public-healthemergency.html (Accessed: 24 May 2024)
- European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) (2024) Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Available at: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/respiratory-syncytial-virus-rsv (Accessed 22 May 2024)
- Mackay, I.M. (2023) Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in Australia—worth not(ify)ing. Available at: https://virologydownunder.com/respiratory-syncytial-virus-rsv-in-australia-worth-notifying/ (Accessed:24 May 2024)
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In the first volume of HosCom 20231, we discussed the return to normal life in European countries that had opened, whether rapidly or gradually, after the prolonged period of lockdown (closed for social and business activities). In discussing the present...
- Magazine Volume:
2024 Vol. 2
- Article number:
3
- Content Type:
SARAYA Activity Report
- Category:
Environmental Management
- Facility:
SARAYA Activity
- Field to link to full PDF field:
HosCom_International_2024_vol2.pdf
About the Event
The inaugural Healthcare Environmental Hygiene Train-the-Trainers (HEHTTT), led by Professor Didier Pittet and his team of experts, took place in Malaysia from January 23rd to 24th, 2024. Saraya Co., Ltd. and Saraya Goodmaid Sdn. Bhd....
- Hospital Name:
Cho Ray Hospital
- Field to link to full PDF field:
HosCom_International_2024_vol2.pdf
- Facility:
Acute Care Hospital
- Category:
Oral Care
- Article number:
5
- Address:
201B Đ. Chí Thanh, Phường 12, Quận 5, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh 700000, Vietnam
- Number of beds:
3,200 (As of July, 2024)
- Total number of staff:
4,500 (As of July, 2024)
- Website:
http://www.choray.vn/
- Introduction text:
Cho Ray Hospital is one of the largest hospitals in Vietnam and is located in the southern part of the country. The hospital is under the Ministry of Health and provides special and high-level care for patients while functioning as a training and practical facility for medical students. In addition, the hospital plays a wide range of roles, including providing health checkups for local residents and foreigners and conducting research on the prevention of infectious diseases. As Cho Ray Hospital is one of the largest healthcare facilities in the country, many patients seek care from this hospital every year.
- Introduced product photos:
- Products:
- Introduced product text:
SARAYA OraCare Oral Care Sponge Brush
- Interviewees:
- Name:
Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Yen, Title:
Head nurse of ICU-C, Background:
Work Experience: For 24 years at ICU-C
Steps Taken to Introduce SARAYA OraCare Oral Care Sponge Brush
- How were implementing oral care prior to the introduction of the sponge brush?
Before the sponge brush was introduced, we used normal cottons to implement oral care. We changed the...
- Magazine Volume:
2024 Vol. 2
- Article number:
4
- Content Type:
World Information
- Category:
Hand Hygiene
- Facility:
SARAYA Activity
- Field to link to full PDF field:
HosCom_International_2024_vol2.pdf
To celebrate World Hand Hygiene Day in 2024, 5th May, SARAYA (Shanghai) Biotech Co., Ltd. in China supported the organization of related events in healthcare facilities for disseminating hand hygiene knowledge, as well as technical information on how...
