Self-reported survey on infection prevention and control structures in healthcare facilities part of a national level healthcare associated infection surveillance network in India, 2019

•More than half of the participating hospitals had “advanced” IPC practices in their facilities. •Core component ‘IPC guidelines’ had the highest median score across the network. •Core component ‘Multimodal strategies’ and ‘workload, staffing and bed occupancy’ needs to be strengthened across the network. •Multimodal strategies in IPC core component had the highest diversity among all core components. Background Healthcare associated infections...