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Your overall score The overall score is the sum of your eight component scores, out of 800, calculated from the points attached to the answers you selected. score total out of 800 poi…

What the score means The score is a structured summary of the answers recorded for your programme at one point in time, comparable with your own earlier assessments. meaning inter…

…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. scoring points how scored calculation weighting total 800 The framework attaches a point value to…

What the score does not mean The score is not a certification, not an accreditation, and not a statement that a hospital is clinically safe. limitations not certification disclaim…

Component scores Each of the eight WHO core components is scored out of 100, which is what shows you where your programme is strong and where it is weak. component core component c…

WHO minimum requirements The WHO minimum requirements are counted separately from the IPCAF score, as requirements met or not met, and are never mixed into the total out of 800. minimum requirements requirements met tertiary separate counted Alongside the IPCAF…

Presenting a report to management Lead with the score and the level, name the two or three components behind the shortfall, and finish with what is being done and what is needed. presenting board leadership committee m…

Finalizing an assessment Finalizing fixes the score as the assessment’s permanent record and makes it available to reports and trends; it moves through Submitted and Evidence review first. finalize finalise complete…

Your IPC level The IPC level is the WHO band your total score falls into: Inadequate, Basic, Intermediate or Advanced. level maturity band inadequate basic intermediate advanced rating The band and its description are WHO’s, r…

…are still being answered; Submitted and Evidence review are being checked; Finalized has a score of record. status draft in progress submitted evidence review finalized cancelled state Draft: created and being answered. No score of record. In progress: answers…

…draft is an assessment you are still answering. Your answers are saved as you go, it has no score of record, and it appears in no trend until you finalize it. draft in progress save autosave unfinished not finalized partial Every answer is saved as you select it…

Reading a decline A fall in score is stated as plainly as a rise; it usually means either a genuine deterioration or a more honest assessment than the last one. decline declined worse decrease drop…