Welcome to this past webinar!
When: September 19, 2023, 02:00 PM Amsterdam, Berlin Rome, Vienna.
Language: French
The recording and slides are available now.
This webinar unveiled the translation to French of a training course that was developed to teach health workers how to safely manage key respiratory medical equipment following the medical device life-cycle at the health facility (7 steps). The multimedia course is targeted toward health workers who may have to manage new respiratory devices; these may include clinicians in some settings or maybe dedicated biomedical staff in other settings. The equipment focused on in this course are:
- Oxygen concentrator
- Oxygen cylinder
- Pulse oximeter
- High-flow nasal cannula
- CPAP and BiPAP
- Patient monitor
- Mechanical ventilator
Lifecycle of medical equipment at the health facility.
Agenda
WHO Resolution
In 2023 a new resolution to improve access of oxygen was adopted. The resolution is available in the following link: Increasing access to medical oxygen.
OpenWHO
OpenWHO is WHO’s interactive, web-based, knowledge-transfer platform offering online courses to improve the response to health emergencies. OpenWHO enables the Organization and its key partners to transfer life-saving knowledge to large numbers of frontline responders.
Training
To complete this training visit OpenWHO or the WHO training for medical devices website.
WHO related publications
- WHO COVID-19 Essential Supplies Forecasting Tool (COVID-ESFT) v4.1
- Priority medical devices list for the COVID-19 response and associated technical specifications
- Biomedical equipment for COVID-19 case management - inventory tool: Interim guidance
- Technical specifications for Pressure Swing Adsorption(PSA) Oxygen Plants
- Oxygen sources and distribution for COVID-19 treatment centres
- Decommissioning medical devices
- WHO-UNICEF Technical specifications and guidance for oxygen therapy devices
- Oxygen therapy for children
- WHO technical specifications for oxygen concentrators
WHO oxygen safety posters
- Oxygen Cylinder Safety
- Medical Oxygen Fire Risk – Mitigation Measures
- Medical Gas Piping Systems Safety
WHO checklists for care, cleaning, disinfection and sterilization of respiratory devices
- Checklists for care, cleaning, disinfection and sterilization of respiratory devices
- Care, cleaning and disinfection of BiPAP/CPAP devices
- Care, cleaning and disinfection of invasive mechanical ventilators
- Care, cleaning and disinfection of high flow nasal cannula
- Care, cleaning and disinfection of oxygen concentrators
- Care, cleaning and disinfection of pulse oximeters and patient monitors devices
- Care, cleaning and disinfection of respiratory equipment in sterile services department
- Medical equipment related to oxygen therapy – Cleaning – task sequence