The Non-Hospital Medical and Surgical Facilities Accreditation Program Committee is responsible for establishing, monitoring and enforcing accreditation standards to ensure the safety, quality and consistency of patient care in private medical/surgical facilities in BC.
Based upon evidence and consensus-based information, these standards represent the minimum level of performance required to achieve accreditation with the College, reflect relevant legal requirements, and are enforceable under the Health Professions Act as set out in section 5-1 of the College Bylaws made under the Act.
The standards are used by private medical/surgical facilities to provide a framework for the continuous self-assessment and evaluation of the quality and safety of patient care delivery.
The public can use these standards to understand the College’s expectations of accredited private medical/surgical facilities.
New/revised standards and guidelines
Complete list of standards
- Admission and Pre-procedure Care
- Allografts
- Anesthesia
- Anesthesia Equipment Reprocessing
- Best Practice Guidelines for the Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization of Critical and Semi-critical Medical Devices in BC Health Authorities – Ministry of Health (BC)
- Best Practices for Hand Hygiene – Ministry of Health (BC)
- Blood Products and Blood Components
- Consent
- Discharge
- Electrical Systems and Safety
- Emergency Cart Medication and Equipment
- Emergency Preparedness
- Environmental Cleaning
- Equipment Management
- Fluid and Blanket Warming
- Governance and Leadership
- Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC)
- Human Resources
- Immediately Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery
- Intraoperative Care
- IV Procedural Sedation and Analgesia for Adults
- Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding
- Laser Safety
- Latex Allergy
- Malignant Hyperthermia
- Medical Director
- Medical Gas – Free-standing Tank System
- Medical Gas – Pipeline System
- Medical Records and Documentation
- Medication Management
- Occupational Health and Safety
- Overnight Stay
- Pain Infusion Clinic
- Point-of-Care Testing
- Post-anesthesia Care
- Pre-admission Evaluation and Selection
- Routine Practices and Additional Precautions
- Single-use Devices and Multi-dose Vials
- Specimen Handling
- Surgical Safety Checklist
- Surgical Safety Checklist (MS Word)
- Waste Management
- X-ray and Radiation Safety
