How IPCAF scoring works
Each indicator answer carries points; the points within a component add up to a score out of 100, and the eight components add up to a total out of 800.
The framework attaches a point value to each possible answer. Adding the points earned across a component’s indicators gives that component’s score out of 100; adding the eight component scores gives the total out of 800. The total is then read against the four interpretation bands.
There is no weighting between components: each is worth 100, whatever the size of your facility. That is a property of the published instrument, not a decision IPC360 made.
How IPC360 stores it
- A finalized assessment stores its score as an immutable snapshot with a per-indicator ledger.
- Recomputing a stored score always reproduces it exactly. This is covered by regression tests.
- Changing the scoring engine in a future version can never move a historical result.
Source: WHO IPCAF · Scoring · IPC360 Help · Understanding the score
Related
- Your overall scoreThe overall score is the sum of your eight component scores, out of 800, calculated from the points attached to the answers you selected.
- The eight IPC core componentsThe framework divides an IPC programme into eight core components, each scored out of 100: programme, guidelines, education, surveillance, multimodal strategies, monitoring and feedback, workload and staffing, and environment and materials.
- What the score does not meanThe score is not a certification, not an accreditation, and not a statement that a hospital is clinically safe.
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See also: The WHO IPCAF-based methodology · What should we work on before the next assessment? · WHO minimum requirements