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Hospitals - World Health Organization (WHO) Hospital functions and organization vary according to health-care delivery organizations and each hospital’s unique position in the system. Good management structures ensure coordination among staff, services, infrastructure and supply chains to deliver high-quality care.

Hospitals in Viet Nam - World Health Organization (WHO) Viet Nam's hospital system consists of a public-private mix, in which the public hospitals play substantial roles in providing health care services to the people. Overall, public hospitals are key drivers of efficiency and healthcare cost escalation.

Hospital emergency response checklist Hospital emergency management is a continuous process requiring the seamless integration of planning and re-sponse efforts with local and national programmes. The principles and recommendations outlined in this tool are generic, applicable to a range of contingencies and based on an all-hazards approach.

WHO Guidelines The development of global guidelines ensuring the appropriate use of evidence represents one of the core functions of WHO.

Health Care Waste Management - World Health Organization (WHO) Health care waste includes all the waste generated by all health care establishments, health research facilities, and health-related laboratories. It also includes waste generated by home health care activities, such as dialysis, insulin injections, etc. (2) (3) (4)

Safe management of wastes from health-care activities, 2nd ed. This handbook – the result of extensive international consultation and collaboration – provides comprehensive guidance on safe, efficient, and environmentally sound methods for the handling and disposal of health-care wastes in normal situations and emergencies. Future issues such as climate change and the changing patterns of diseases and their impacts on health-care waste management are ...

Occupational hazards in the health sector This e-tool is intended for use by people in charge of occupational health and safety for health workers at the national, subnational and facility levels.

SAFE HOSPITALS: PREPARED FOR EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS Impeded emergency response Hospitals represent community focal points for mounting and coordinating emergency re- 6 sponses in the midst of disasters. Loss of hospitals as a health care facility hin-ders immediate responses and may divert emergency responders and resources away from the community to focus on rescue of hospital occupants and salvage of critical hos-pital supplies.

Implementation of the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative The Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative is a global effort to implement practices that protect, promote and support breastfeeding. It aims to ensure that all maternity facilities become centres of breastfeeding support.

Beds, hospital beds (per 10 000 population) - World Health Organization ... Home / Data / GHO / Indicators Beds, hospital beds (per 10 000 population) Appears in: Hospital bed density | Dementia health and social care facilities: Hospitals | Health service delivery