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Introduction ........................................................................................4  \n2. Scope ..................................................................................................4  \n3. Key Fundamental Elements ...............................................................4  \n3.1. Facility design ....................................................................................4  \n3.2. Risk assessment and management .....................................................5  \n3.3. Roles and responsibilities ...................................................................5  \n3.4. Education and training .......................................................................6  \n3.5. Protection of staff health and safety ...................................................7  \n3.6. Surveillance and disease reporting .....................................................7  \n4. Principles of Infection Control in Clinics ..........................................8  \n4.1. Standard precautions ..........................................................................8  \n4.2. Transmission-based precautions ...................................................... 10  \n5. Infection Control Measures .............................................................. 13  \n5.1. Hand hygiene.................................................................................... 13  \n5.2. Personal protective equipment ......................................................... 16  \n5.3. Respiratory hygiene and cough etiquette ......................................... 17  \n5.4. Patient triage..................................................................................... 19  \n5.5. Safe injection practices and sharps handling ...................................20  \n5.6. Environmental cleaning and disinfection .........................................22  \n5.7. Reprocessing of reusable medical devices .......................................27  \n5.8. Waste management ..........................................................................37  \n5.9. Handling of linen..............................................................................38  \n5.10. Collection and handling of specimen ...............................................38  \n6. Others ...............................................................................................40  \n6.1. Infection control related issues on medications ...............................40  \n6.2. Operating rooms in day procedure centres.......................................41  \n6.3. Requirements specific for dental clinics ..........................................41  \nReferences .................................................................................................43  \nAppendix 1: Checklist for Infection Prevention and Control ...................48  \nAppendix 2a: Types of PPE and their Indications ....................................50  \nAppendix 2b: Summary of Recommended PPE Usage in Standard Precautions and Transmission-Based Precautions ....................................51  \nAppendix 3: WHO “My 5 moments for Hand Hygiene”.........................52  \nAppendix 4: Hand Hygiene Technique .....................................................53  \nAppendix 5a: Disinfection and Sterilization Methods according to Spaulding’s Classification.........................................................................54  \nAppendix 5b: Properties of Commonly Used Chemical Disinfectants.....55  \nAppendix 6: Specific Requirements for an Operating Room (OR) in a Day Procedure Centre ...............................................................................56  \n1. 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