ix, 45 p.
Authors
World Health Organization, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Related Organizations
- Citation
- World Health Organization & United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) . (2024). Infection prevention and control and water, sanitation and hygiene measures for home care and isolation for mpox in resource-limited settings: interim operational guide. World Health Organization. https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/379477 . License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
- ISBN
- 9789240101654 (electronic version) 9789240101661 (print version)
- Pages
- 60
- Published in
- Switzerland
- Rights
- CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO
- Rights Holder
- World Health Organization
- Rights URI
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/igo
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements 6
- Definitions 8
- Acronyms 9
- Key messages 10
- 1. Introduction 13
- 1.1 Background 13
- 1.2 Principles and rationale 13
- 1.3 Objective 14
- 1.4 Intended audience 14
- 1.5 Contextual considerations 14
- 1.6 Considerations for caring for children in the home 14
- 2. Determining if the person with mpox can be cared for and isolated at home 17
- 2.1 Evaluation of the person with mpox for home-based care 17
- 3. IPC measures for health and care workers, caregivers and persons with mpox during home care and isolation 19
- 3.1 IPC measures for health and care workers 19
- 3.2. IPC measures for a person with mpox in the home 19
- 4. Linen management and environmental cleaning during home care 25
- 5. Discontinuation of home isolation 29
- 6. Management of contacts of persons with mpox 31
- 7. Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) measures during home care 33
- 8. Waste management during home care 37
- References 39
- Annexes 43
- Annex 1. Resources 43
- Annex 2. Clinical considerations for homebased care 45
- Annex 3. Health and care worker package 47
- Annex 4. Essential supply list for households 49
- Annex 5. Instructions for preparing household bleach dilution solution during an mpox outbreak 50
- Annex 6. PPE for health and care workers 51
- Annex 7. Methodology 56
