Hospital
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Hospitals
Sciology provides assessment of infrastructural, human resource and biomedical equipment processes, documentation, orientation of staff and other features with respect to accreditation norms.
Medical Equipment and Instrument –
The hospital shall have adequate medical equipment and instruments, commensurate to the scope of service and number of beds. Equipment shall be kept in good working condition through a process of periodic inspection, cleaning and maintenance.
Drugs, Medical devices and consumable –
The hospital shall have adequate drugs, medical devices and consumables commensurate to its scope of services and number of beds. Emergency drugs and consumables shall be available at all times and The facility shall have defined procedures for storage, inventory management and dispensing of drugs in pharmacy and patient care areas.
Human resources requirement
The hospital shall have qualified and/or trained medical and nursing staff as per the scope of service provided and the medical/nursing care. The support/paramedical staff shall be qualified and/or trained as per the scope of services provided, and as per requirement
Level of Hospitals
Hospital level A :-
General Medical services with indoor admission facility provided by recognized allopathic medical graduate(s) and may also include general dentistry services provided by recognized BDS graduates.
Example: PHC, Government and Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes run by MBBS doctors etc.
Hospital level B :-
This level of hospital shall include all the general medical services provided at level A above and specialist medical services provided by Doctors from one or more basic specialties namely General Medicine, General Surgery, Paediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Dentistry, providing indoor and OPD services. Level A and Level B Hospitals shall also include support systems required for the respective services like Pharmacy, Laboratory, etc.
Example: General Hospital, Single/ Multiple basic medical Specialties provided at Community Health Centre, Sub Divisional Hospital, and Private Hospital of similar scope, Nursing Home, Civil / District Hospital in few places etc.
Hospital level C :-
This level may include all the services provided at level A and B and services through other medical specialties given as under in addition to basic medical specialty like:
1. Orthopedics
2. ENT
3. Dental
4. Ophthalmolog
5. Emergency with or without ICU
6. Anaesthesia
7. Psychiatry
8. Skin
9. Pulmonary Medicine etc.
Hospital level D :-
This level may include all the services provided at level A,B and C and services of one or more of the super specialty with distinct departments and/or also Dentistry if available. It will have other support systems required for services like pharmacy, Laboratory, and Imaging facility, Operation Theatre etc.
Example: Corporate Hospitals, Referral Hospital, Regional/State Hospital, Nursing Home and Private Hospital of similar scope etc.