Introduction
Welcome to the first session!
This session highlights the collaboration required of the whole multi-disciplinary team, including the community to achieve IPC-WASH standards and safe patient care.
This session complements the National Training Module ‘Introduction to IPC and WASH.’
By the end of this session, you will be able to:
- Explain the importance of combining IPC and WASH.
- Describe the value of collaboration between all staff cadres and the community to achieve Malawi IPC-WASH standards.
- Explain how health facilities can become IPC-WASH champions.
Learning video: Introduction to IPC and WASH
Watch the learning video below where Malawian champions share the value of combining IPC and WASH.
Champion video
Watch the additional champion video to get more insight.
Additional Resource List
A list of additional resources from different sources has been compiled for you to learn more.
Malawi National Resources
- National IPC-WASH guidelines
- National Sanitation and Hygiene Strategy 2018-2024
- National Healthcare Waste Management Strategy 2019-2023
- Public Health Act
- Environmental Management Act
- Quality Improvement Manual
- Malawi Covid-19 IPC SOP
- Patients’ Rights and Responsibilities (Chichewa)
- Guidelines for Guardians in Emergency Treatment Units
Global Resources
- WHO Quality Health Services: A Planning Guide
- Environmental Cleaning and Infection Prevention and Control in Health Care Facilities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
- ICAN/CDC Best Practices for Environmental Cleaning in Healthcare Facilities in Resource-Limited Settings
- WASH FIT portal (including WASH FIT: Manual for Trainers and technical training resources)
- WHO Hand Hygiene Self-Assessment Framework
- WHO Hand Hygiene Improvement Tools
- Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) resources
- WASH, IPC and AMR in Healthcare
- Facts and figures on WASH in healthcare
- Facts and figures on IPC
- Your 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene
- Hand hygiene aide memoire
- Standard Precautions Aide Memoire
Access the full session package
A Whats App compatible version of the full session package, can be downloaded below.
Find all materials in the package library. Here, you can view and download different versions of the materials (English and Chichewa).