5 basic quality standards for hospitals, including:
Firstly: The standards on facilities are stipulated in Section I, Appendix issued with Circular 35/2024/TT-BYT such as the Hospital must have a fixed location; must have a path for ambulances to enter and exit the emergency area; There must be signs, diagrams and signs to departments, rooms, professional and administrative departments...
Second: Standards on scale and organizational structure are specified in Section II, Appendix issued with Circular 35/2024/TT-BYT as follows:
The hospital must have an organizational structure including departments: examination, clinical, paraclinical, pharmacy and supporting departments.
The examination department must have a reception area, emergency room, storage room, examination room, and technical and procedural room (if performing technical and procedural procedures).
Third: Personnel standards are specified in Section III, Appendix issued with Circular 35/2024/TT-BYT as follows:
Practitioners are assigned work in accordance with the scope of practice approved by competent authorities; Practitioners are continuously updated with medical knowledge….
Fourth: Standards on medical equipment specified in Section IV, Appendix issued with Circular 35/2024/TT-BYT;
Medical equipment for performing technical activities within the scope of professional activities has been approved by competent authorities and has management records for such equipment.
Regulations on management, use, inspection, maintenance, repair, replacement of materials and components, and preservation of medical equipment at medical examination and treatment facilities.
Fifth: Professional standards specified in Section V, Appendix issued with Circular 35/2024/TT-BYT as follows.
- Inpatient treatment, 24/7 professional on-call service.
- Outpatient medical examination and treatment process.
- Disseminate, apply and develop professional procedures for medical examination and treatment
The Circular of the Ministry of Health clearly states that this basic quality standard only applies to medical examination and treatment facilities licensed to operate as hospitals.
The Ministry of Health clearly states that basic quality standards are assessed once a year; Assessment time is in the first quarter of the following year; Assessment classification.
