WHO multimodal improvement strategy

Overview

Multimodal implementation strategies are a core component of effective infection prevention and control (IPC) programmes according to the WHO Guidelines on Core Components of IPC programmes at the National and Acute Health Care Facility Level. 

The guidelines’ recommendation 5 states that IPC activities using multimodal strategies should be implemented to improve practices and reduce HAI and AMR. In practice, this means the use of multiple approaches that in combination will contribute to influencing the behaviour of the target audience (usually health care workers) towards the necessary improvements that will impact on patient outcome and contribute to organizational culture change. Implementation of IPC multimodal strategies needs to be linked with the aims and initiatives of quality improvement programmes and accreditation bodies both at the national and facility levels.