Fig. 2

Boxplots displaying the median and range of IPCAF core component scores in 2023 vs. 2018. Data from 81 Austrian acute care hospitals in 2023 and 65 hospitals in 2018. The boxplots display the distribution of scores per core component. The horizontal lines in the box represent the median, the top and bottom of the box represent the interquartile range, the whiskers illustrate the tenth and 90th percentile. Abbreviations: CC Core component, IPCAF Infection Prevention and Control Assessment Framework