Facility-level injection safety
Export Indicator
Percentage of healthcare facilities where all therapeutic injections are given with new, disposable, single-use injection equipment
What it measures / Ce qui est mesuré / Qué mide / Что он измеряет
This indicator assesses the implementation of policies to ensure that all health facilities practice injection safety.
Rationale / Fondement / Justificación / Обоснование
- This indicator is relevant in countries that experience outbreaks of healthcare injection-associated HIV infection, that have a history of unsafe injection practices (more than 0.25 unsafe injections/per person/per year) and/or that have a prevalence of HCV infection >2%.
Numerator / Numérateur / Numerador / Числитель
Number of sampled healthcare facilities where all therapeutic injections are given with new, disposable, single-use injection equipment
Denominator / Dénominateur / Denominador / Знаменатель
Number of facilities sampled
Method of measurement / Méthode d’évaluation / Método de medición / Метод измерения
For the numerator and denominator. Health facility survey
Disaggregation / Ventilation / Desglose / Разбивка данных
- Type of site.
Further information / Informations complémentaires / Información adicional / Дополнительная информация
WHO Strategic Information Guidelines, 2020 (https://indicatorregistry.unaids.org/sites/default/files/9789240000735-eng.pdf)