Water and Sanitation for Health Facility Improvement Tool

The enabling environment should include provisions for three areas related to WASH FIT: guidelines and standards for WASH in health care facilities in the national policy framework and an associated budget; implementation of WASH FIT by facilities; and monitoring and evaluation of WASH FIT. [...] Team members should understand and champion the importance of water, sanitation, hand hygiene and hygiene practices (cleaning and disinfection) for delivering quality care; be able to identify and evaluate hazards and risks; plan for regular monitoring, inspection, management and maintenance of infrastructure and services throughout the facility; monitor the behaviour of staff and patients and the. [...] The results of the assessment will form the basis of the WASH FIT plan. [...] The first set of shaded indicators in each domain represents the core indicators that should be assessed, regardless of the size of facility; Conduct a comprehensive assessment of the facility using the agreed list of indicators (Tool 2a). [...] Carry out sanitary inspection (Tool 2b); Record the number of +++, ++ and + indicators in the summary tables to be able to make comparisons over time (Tool 2c); Review the assessment form to ensure all information is clear and correct and all members of the team agree; Repeat the assessment every 6 months, or more often as needed.