The Royal Decree of 19/06/2007 concerning hospital hygiene surveillance mentions the obligation for acute hospitals to collect quality indicators relating to the hospital hygiene policy in the establishment. The purpose of a quality indicator system is to trigger actions to improve the quality of care: "what we cannot measure, we cannot improve". The development and validation of quality indicators in hospital hygiene was carried out by a working group involving the Institute of Public Health, BAPCOC and representatives of hospital hygiene platforms.
