Bibliographic information
Recommendation
5a. Health care facility level The panel recommends that IPC (infection prevention and control) activities using multimodal strategies should be implemented to improve practices and reduce HAI (health care-associated infection) and AMR (antimicrobial resistance).
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
Very low
Notes and Remarks
Successful multimodal interventions should be associated with an overall organizational culture change as effective IPC can be a reflector of quality care, a positive organizational culture and an enhanced patient safety climate. Successful multimodal strategies include the involvement of champions or role models in several cases. Implementation of multimodal strategies within health care institutions needs to be linked with national quality aims and initiatives, including health care quality improvement initiatives or health facility accreditation bodies.