WHO standards for prosthetics and orthotics
The Assessment tool is used to analyse and score different aspects of the 60 WHO
standards for prosthetics and orthotics. The Excel-based tool includes the following ten sheets:
• A Welcome sheet: prompts the user to provide short data on when and where the assessment is done.
• Four Scoring sheets (Policy, Products, Personnel and Provision): used for analysing and scoring the implementation of standards across four areas.
• A Progress sheet: shows how the assessment is advancing.
• A Results sheet: jointly presents the average scores obtained for each standard, standard area and the 60 standards.
• A Recommendations (“Rec’s”) sheet: suggests steps that may be considered by national stakeholders to more fully implement the standards, based on the data that has been entered.
• A Notes sheet: summarizes any notes made on the four Scoring sheets.
• A Non-Applicables (“Non-Appl’s”) sheet: lists the standards marked “Not applicable” on the scoring sheets (if any) together with related justifications.
