Infection control accreditation program

Hospital Infection Control accreditation standards: A Comparative Review

Introduction: Nosocomial infection (NI) is an infection occurring in a patient after 48 hours of hospitalization or up to 72 hours after discharge from the hospital, which was not present or incubating at the time of admission.  Hospital accreditation standards have a significant impact on the prevention and control of NI. Nevertheless, Iran’s hospital accreditation standards face challenges. T...

Program evaluation for accreditation.

Program evaluation in preparation for accreditation provides opportunities for the identification of program strengths, weaknesses, and improvement potential. In the present study, naturalistic inquiry, an evaluation methodology responsive to the concerns of persons with a stake in the program, was successfully used in preparation for the accreditation of an occupational therapy program. The ex...

The Zambia Accreditation Program Evaluation

Guidance in Program-Level Accreditation

The National Commission for Assessment, Assurance and Accreditation (NCAAA) is the Quality Assessment arm of the Saudi Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE). In this paper we describe a locally-developed Webbased Outcome-Directed "Program-Level" accreditation system that complies and provides guidance with the NCAAA program accreditation requirements. It has dual purpose: first to automate the pr...

Ontology for Academic Program Accreditation

Many educational institutions are adopting national and international accreditation programs to improve teaching, student learning, and curriculum. There is a growing demand across higher education for automation and helpful educational resources to continuously improve student outcomes. The student outcomes are the required knowledge and skill set that graduates of any accredited program have ...