Facility-level injection safety

Percentage of healthcare facilities where all therapeutic injections are given with new, disposable, single-use injection equipment

What it measures

This indicator assesses the implementation of policies to ensure that all health facilities practice injection safety.

Rationale

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

Number of sampled healthcare facilities where all therapeutic injections are given with new, disposable, single-use injection equipment

Denominator

Number of facilities sampled

Method of measurement

For the numerator and denominator. Health facility survey

Disaggregation

Further information

Indicator Registry