Access to Standards

Accreditation Canada’s Qmentum standards make it possible for health service organizations, large and small, to embed practical and effective quality improvement and patient safety initiatives into their daily operations. These comprehensive health services standards ensure a thorough assessment of all aspects of an organization’s operations, from the board, to management, to staff and services, to patients and clients. By identifying strengths as well as opportunities for improvement, Qmentum helps health service organizations provide high-quality services.

System-wide areas assessed during accreditation include governance, leadership and management, infection prevention and control, and medication management, while population-specific and service excellence standards address specific sectors, services, conditions, and populations.

To obtain a full range of the standards for which an organization would be assessed, you may want to order standards from within the system-wide sets as well as those pertaining to the specific service sector. For example: An Emergency Medical Services organization would be assessed for Governance (to assess the board of directors) plus Leadership (to assess the administrative and management roles) plus Emergency Medical Service (to assess the specific service). 

Standards are regularly updated. If you are not sure which standards to purchase, or whether you require an updated set, please send an e-mail to Nancy Viljean at LearnMore@accreditation.ca.  

System-wide

• Governance
• Infection Prevention and Control
• Leadership
• Leadership for Aboriginal Health Services
• Medication Management 

Population-based 

• Cancer Populations
• Child and Youth Populations 
• Maternal/Child Populations 
• Mental Health Populations 
• Populations with Chronic Conditions 
• Public Health Services
• Senior Populations 

Service Excellence

• Aboriginal Community Health and Wellness 
• Aboriginal Integrated Primary care Services 
• Aboriginal Sustance Misuse Services 
• Acquired Brain Injury Services 
• Ambulatory Care Services
• Ambulatory Systemic Cancer Therapy Services  
• Assisted Reproductive Technology Standards for Clinical Services 
• Assisted Reproductive Technology Standards for Laboratory Services 
• Assisted Reproductive Technology Standards for Working with Third Party Donors 
• Biomedical Laboratory Services 
• Blood Banks and Transfusion Services 
• Cancer Care & Oncology Services 
• Case Management Services 
• Child Welfare Services 
• Community Health Services
• Community-Based Mental Health Services and Supports Standards
• Correctional Service of Canada Health Services 
• Critical Care Services 
• Developmental Disabilities Services 
• Diagnostic Imaging Services
• Emergency Department Services 
• Emergency Medical Services
• Health Care Staffing Services
• Home Care Services 
• Home Support Services 
• Hospice Palliative and End-Of-Life Services
• Independent Medical/Surgical Facilities
• Laboratory and Blood Services 
• Long-Term Care Services 
• Medical Imaging Centres 
• Medicine Services 
• Mental Health Services 
• Obstetrics Services 
• Operating Rooms 
• Organ and Tissue Donation Standards for Deceased Donors 
• Organ and Tissue Transplant
• Organ Donation Standards for Living Donors
• Point-of-Care Testing 
• Primary Care Services 
• Rehabilitation Services
• Remote/Isolated Health Services 
• Residential Homes for Seniors  
• Reprocessing and Sterilization of Reusable Medical Devices
• Spinal Cord Injury Acute Services 
• Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Services 
• Substance Abuse and Problem Gambling Services 
• Surgical Care Services
• Telehealth Services
• Transfusion Services  

Distinction

• Acute Stroke Services
• Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation Services
• Providing an Integrated System of Services to People with Stroke

Purchase
Standards

Clients

Accreditation Canada clients receive the standards as part of their accreditation program.

Non-clients

Non-clients can purchase the standards online.

Cost

$100 per set of standards.

Order five sets or more and receive a 20% discount.