Module 7

Periodic Health-
Care Facility
Assessment Tool
Topic 01

Introduction
Hi! Let’s look at the WHO Periodic
Health-Care Facility Assessment
Tool, which aims to help health-
care facilities identify their AMS
preparedness, develop a
stepwise implementation plan and
monitor progress.
The tool may be used as a
periodic activity or integrated into
existing reviews of the health-care
facility’s AMR response.
Responses may be gathered
from individual or group
interviews, observations in
health-care facilities and data
collection from health-care
facility records and documents.
A verifier section has been
provided to serve as a guide.
The intended users are health-
care facility managers, AMS
committees/teams or AMS
champions responsible for the
overall coordination and
implementation of facility AMS
programmes.
Module 7
Periodic Health-
Care Facility
Assessment Tool
Topic 02

Walkthrough
Periodic Health-Care Facility Assessment Tool
Getting started: The tool begins with basic details.

The country and

the national health
authority
Periodic Health-Care Facility Assessment Tool
Getting started: The tool begins with basic details.

Details about the

respondent
Periodic Health-Care Facility Assessment Tool
Getting started: The tool begins with basic details.

Dates
Periodic Health-Care Facility Assessment Tool
Getting started: The tool begins with basic details.

Mode of
assessment
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Let’s look at the various sections within the tool.

The assessments
are conducted
periodically to
monitor progress
over time.
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There are 6 health-

care facility core
element categories
for AMS
programmes.
Periodic Health-Care Facility Assessment Tool

Each core element

is assessed by a
series of questions.
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Respondents need
to provide answers
to each question
for a given period.
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No – the core element is not in place and is not a priority.

No, but a priority – the core element is a priority but there
is no plan in place to initiate it.
Planned but not started – the core element is planned
but no action has taken place.
Partially implemented – the core element is in place,
but it is only partially implemented requiring further
strengthening.
Fully implemented – the core element is in place and is
fully implemented without requiring strengthening but
needing to be sustained.
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Verifiers act as
a guide for the
respondents.
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Now, let’s look at the first health-care facility core element.

The first health-care facility core

element category is leadership
commitment.
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Leadership Commitment

There are 7 key questions

that assess a health-care
facility’s progress in this
area.
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Accountability and Responsibility

The second health-care facility

core element category is
accountability and responsibility.
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Accountability and Responsibility

There are 10 key

questions that assess the
progress in this area.
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AMS Actions

The third health-care

facility core element
category is AMS actions.
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AMS Actions

There are 11 key

questions that assess the
progress in this area.
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Education and Training

The fourth health-care facility core

element category is education and
training.
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Education and Training

There are 3 key

questions that assess
the progress in this
area.
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Monitoring and Surveillance

The fifth health-care facility

core element category is
monitoring and surveillance.
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Monitoring and Surveillance

There are 6 key questions

that assess the progress
in this area.
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Reporting Feedback

The sixth health-care facility

core element category is
reporting feedback within
the health-care facility.
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Reporting Feedback

There are 4 key questions

that assess the progress
in this area.
That completes the walkthrough
of the periodic health-care facility
assessment tool. Filling out the
sections in this tool will allow you
develop and monitor the
implementation of a facility AMS
programme and action plan.