| Hand hygiene |
- All health care workers
- Visitors
- Patients
|
- Clean running water
- Soap (mounted preferable)
- Sinks or basins
- Towels
- Alcohol-based solutions
|
Proportion of staff observed performing hand hygiene before attending patients
|
| Personal protective equipment |
All health care workers |
|
Proportion of staff observed wearing gloves when exposure to blood or body fluids is anticipated
|
| Isolation precautions |
- Nurses
- Physicians
- Nursing aids
|
- Gloves
- Gowns
- Masks
- Eye protection
|
Average time between admission and isolation for tuberculosis patients
|
| Aseptic technique |
- Nurses
- Physicians
- Laboratory
- Technicians
- Dental surgeons
|
- Antiseptics
- Sterile gloves
- Sterile devices and instruments
- Sterile barrier devices
|
Proportion of intravenous lines inserted using aseptic technique
|
| Cleaning and disinfection |
- Nurses
- Nursing aids
- Housekeeping
- staff
- Laboratory staff
|
- Cleaning fluids
- Cleaning equipment
- Disinfectant
|
Proportion of rooms appropriately disinfected after patients' discharge
|
| Sterilization |
- Sterilization staff
- Nurses
- Laboratory technicians
- Dental surgeons
|
- Autoclaves and steam sterilizers
- Test strips
- Chemicals
|
Proportion of sterilized devices whose sterility is documented with test strips
|
| Waste management |
- Health care workers
- Waste handlers
- Logisticians
|
- Sharps boxes and other collection containers
- Storage space and container for interim storage
- Final disposal options
- Personal protection equipment for waste handlers
|
Presence of health care waste in the surroundings of the health care facility |
| Antibiotic use protocol |
Physicians |
Essential list of antibiotics |
Proportion of prescriptions including an antibiotic |
| Immunization and exposure management |
All health care workers |
Hepatitis B vaccine and other appropriate vaccines |
Three-dose hepatitis B vaccine coverage among nurses, physicians and laboratory technicians |
