Percentage of Facilities Compliant With Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Measures
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Primary Care
Country
World Health Organization
Publishing Organisation
World Health Organization (WHO): Primary health care measurement framework and indicators
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Safety
Setting-Specific Domain
Service Delivery and Care Planning
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of facilities meeting standards (inadequate, basic, intermediate, advanced) based on the eight core components of IPCAF: IPC programme, IPC guidelines, IPC education and training, HAI surveillance, multimodal strategies, monitoring/audit of IPC practices and feedback, workload staffing and bed occupancy, built environment, materials and equipment for IPC at the facility level.
Numerator
Number of health facilities meeting IPC standards.
Denominator
Total number of facilities surveyed.
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
By facility type, managing authority, subnational, urban/rural.
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Surveys
Data Collection Methods
Facility survey
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Technical Specifications
Link to Measurement Tools
Domain
Infection and Sepsis
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
Yes
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Can the Quality Indicator be Readily Implemented at a Population Level in Australia Given its Current Data Landscape?
Implementation of this quality indicator was not assessed.
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
23 July 2025
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Date Modified 10 June 2026