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Table 1 Distribution of results of the total IPCAF score and scores per core component

From: State of infection prevention and control in Austrian hospitals: data from 81 hospitals completing the WHO Infection Prevention and Control Assessment Framework (IPCAF)

Component

Score

Q10

Q25

Q50

Q75

Q90

Mean

CC1

60

72.5

82.5

87.5

95

78.3

CC2

77.5

85

95

97.5

100

90.6

CC3

50

60

65

75

85

67.5

CC4

62.5

75

80

90

95

79.0

CC5

30

50

70

80

90

64.2

CC6

60

70

80

90

95

77.6

CC7

60

70

85

95

100

81.0

CC8

90

95

95

100

100

96.1

Total

525

597.5

645

685

730

634.4

  1. Data from 81 Austrian acute care hospitals in 2023. Abbreviations: CC core component (CC1: Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) program, CC2: IPC guidelines, CC3: IPC education and training, CC4: Healthcare-associated infection (HAI) surveillance, CC5: Multimodal strategies for implementation of IPC interventions, CC6: Monitoring/audit of IPC practices and feedback, CC7: Workload, staffing and bed occupancy, CC8: Built environment, materials and equipment for IPC at the facility level); IPCAF Infection Prevention and Control Assessment Framework; Q10 tenth percentile; Q25 first quartile; Q50 median (bold numbers); Q75 third quartile; Q90 90th percentile.