National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers

 What is NABH?

🔹 Full Form: National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers

🔹 About:

• It is a constituent board of Quality Council of India (QCI).

• NABH provides accreditation to hospitals and healthcare organizations for maintaining high quality standards in patient care and safety.

🔹 Purpose:

• To ensure quality and safety of patient care.

• To standardize hospital policies, processes, documentation, and management systems.

• Builds trust among patients, staff, and external stakeholders.

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NABH Standards and Chapters (6th Edition)

The 6th Edition is the latest set of standards (implemented from January 2020 onwards) with updated patient safety and quality guidelines.

Main Chapters in NABH 6th Edition

1. Access, Assessment and Continuity of Care (AAC)

   • Admission, assessment, re-assessment, transfer, discharge, referral.

2. Care of Patients (COP)

   • Clinical care processes, ICU, emergency care, and nursing care standards.

3. Management of Medication (MOM)

   • Prescription, storage, administration, monitoring, and dispensing of drugs.

4. Patient Rights and Education (PRE)

   • Ensuring patients’ rights, responsibilities, informed consent, and education.

5. Hospital Infection Control (HIC)

   • Infection prevention, biomedical waste management, surveillance, hand hygiene.

6. Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)

   • Quality indicators, audits, feedback, monitoring and improvement processes.

7. Responsibilities of Management (ROM)

   • Leadership commitment, mission vision, ethical management, resource allocation.

8. Facility Management and Safety (FMS)

   • Safety of physical facilities, fire safety, hazardous material management, security.

9. Human Resource Management (HRM)

   • Recruitment, training, credentialing, privileging, staff welfare, appraisals.

10. Information Management System (IMS)

    • Medical records, confidentiality, data backup, IT system management.

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Key Points of NABH 6th Edition

✅ Emphasis on patient safety goals.
✅ More detailed quality indicators and monitoring.
✅ Enhanced standards for infection control and facility safety.
✅ Stronger requirements for training and credentialing of staff.
✅ Greater focus on documentation, audits, and continuous improvement.

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