The Surgery Center or Ambulatory Surgery Center must develop and maintain policies and procedures. You must ensure that you have written documentation required to comply with AAAHC Standards. A partial list of written surgery center policies and procedures you must have for your AAAHC inspection are:
Procedures for credentialing
Written applications for appointment
Fiscal controls
Personnel policies
Quality Improvement Plan
Risk management policies
High level disinfection
Safety program
Recalls
Exposure control plan
Deep sedation
Deep vein thrombosis
Sponge count
The above referenced surgery center policies and procedures is not the complete list required for a AAAHC inspection. You can purchase all surgery center policies and procedures at Accredia. Our accreditation service includes streaming compliance videos on demand anytime, meetings and downloadable policies and procedures, logs & compliance templates ready for immediate use.
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