Evaluating national infection prevention and control minimum requirements: evidence from global cross-sectional surveys, 2017-22.

ABSTRACT:

Background

WHO infection prevention and control (IPC) minimum requirements provide standards to reduce the risk of infection during health-care delivery. We aimed to investigate the global implementation of these requirements at national levels and the progress of doing so across 2021-22 compared with 2017-18 to identify future directions for interventions.

Methods

National IPC focal points were invited to complete an online survey measuring IPC minimum requirements from July 19, 2021, to Jan 31, 2022. The primary outcome was the proportion of countries meeting IPC minimum requirements. Country characteristics associated with this outcome were assessed with beta regression. Subset analyses were conducted to compare the 2021-22 indicators with a WHO IPC survey conducted in 20

SUBMITTER: Tartari E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11420467 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature