Assessment of water, sanitation, and hygiene services in district health care facilities in rural area of Mekong Delta, Vietnam
| Autor: | Thi-Khanh-Dieu Hoang, Quach-An Binh, Xuan-Thanh Bui, Thi-Hieu Le, Bao-Trong Dang, Hong-Hai Nguyen, Thi-Tra-My Ngo, Petra Kohler, Solomzi Makohliso, Peter Maryna, Martin Raab, Alexandre Vanobberghen, Arabella Hayter, Klaus Schönenberger |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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health care facilities
rice production Iron water drinking-water Management Monitoring Policy and Law hospital waste management contamination Water Supply groundwater Escherichia coli Humans Sanitation General Environmental Science wash disinfection by-products pathogens Hygiene General Medicine Pollution Vietnam escherichia-coli systems waste management Chlorine environment Delivery of Health Care Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Environmental monitoring and assessment. 194(Suppl 2) |
| ISSN: | 1573-2959 |
| Popis: | Access to sufficient water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services is a crucial requirement for patients during therapy and general well-being in the hospital. However, in low- and middle-income countries, these services are often inadequate, resulting in increased morbidity and mortality of patients. This study aimed at assessing the current situation of WASH services in six District Health Care Facilities (DHCFs) in rural areas of the Mekong Delta provinces, Vietnam. The results showed that these services were available with inappropriate quality, which did not compromise the stakeholders' needs. The revealed WASH infrastructures have raised concerns about the prolonged hospital stays for patients and push nosocomial infections to a high level. The safety of the water supply was doubted as the high E. coli (> 60%) and total coliform incidence (86%) was observed with very low residual chlorine concentration ( |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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