Publications by authors named "Tom Handzel"
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- - WASH infrastructure and practices, particularly hand hygiene, are essential for preventing the spread of infectious diseases like COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses, with guidance tailored to COVID-19 built upon existing WASH standards.
- - Collaborating with local organizations, tools were created to assess WASH conditions and practices, leading to interventions aimed at mitigating COVID-19 in healthcare and community settings within low- and middle-income countries.
- - Observations showed gaps in access to hand hygiene materials despite improved water supply, and adherence to hand hygiene was significantly better after patient contact, highlighting the need for better management of handwashing stations and enforcement of global WASH standards in communal spaces.
During the 2010 cholera outbreak in Haiti, water and seafood samples were collected to detect Vibrio cholerae. The outbreak strain of toxigenic V. cholerae O1 serotype Ogawa was isolated from freshwater and seafood samples.
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