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    5.

    Laundry facilities, with soap or detergent, hot water and a disinfectant


    (such as chlorine solution), are available for inpatient settings.

    Summary of Water Supply to Healthcare Facilities ii

    1. Water quality: Water for drinking, cooking, personal hygiene, medical


    activities, cleaning, and laundry is safe for the purpose intended.
    2. Water quantity: Sufficient water is available at all times for drinking, food
    preparation, personal hygiene, medical activities, cleaning, and laundry.

    Table 19.1 WHO Guidelines on Water Quantity Used in Healthcare


    Facilities (2006)ii

    Area Quantity

    Outpatients 5 litres/consultation

    Inpatients 40-60 litres/patient day

    Operating theatre (OT) or 100 litres/intervention


    midwife obstetric unit (MOU)

    Dry supplementary feeding 0.5-5 litres/consultation


    centre

    Wet supplementary feeding 15 litres/consultation


    centre

    Inpatient feeding centre 30 litres/patient/day

    Cholera treatment centre 60 litres/patient/day

    Severe acute respiratory 100 litres/patient/day


    syndrome (SARS)

    Viral haemorrhagic fever 300-400 litres/patient/day


    (VHF) isolation centre

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