Environmental Management Practices - WHO

Environmental Management Practices19A clean environment plays an important role in the prevention of hospital-associated infections (HAI). Many factors, including the design of patientcare areas, operating rooms, air quality, water supply and the laundry, cansignificantly influence the transmission of design and planning should ensure: adequate safe water supply; appropriate cleaning Practices ; adequate floor space for beds; adequate interbed space; adequate handwashing facilities; adequate ventilation for isolation rooms and high-risk areas likeoperation theatres, transplant units, intensive care areas, etc. adequate isolation facilities for airborne, droplet, contact isolation andprotective environment; regulation of traffic flow to minimize exposure of high-risk patientsand facilitate patient transport; measures to prevent exposure of patients to fungal spores duringrenovations; precautions to control rodents, pests and other vectors; and appropriate waste Management facilities and ManagementPracticesPractical Guidelines forInfection Control in Health Care Facilities20 AirVentilationVentilation systems should be designed and maintained to minimize microbialcontamination.

Environmental Management Practices 23 • storage, • treatment, • final disposal. Waste management practices must meet national and local requirements;

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