COHSASA accreditations
The healthcare facilities below have each received a three-year Accreditation Award from COHSASA (The Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa) which means that they are compliant with internationally accredited standards. A three-year accreditation means that these facilities have consistently maintained their levels of standards compliance between external surveys.
- Gugulethu Clinic in Gugulethu (Cape Town)
- Lentegeur Clinic (Cape Town)
- Breede River Hospice (Breede River, Western Cape)
- Mediclinic Highveld (Trichardt)
- Mediclinic Muelmed (Pretoria)
- Mediclinic Potchefstroom
- Mediclinic Worchester
The awards are valid from 1 March 2013 to the end of February 2016.
Compliance requirements for full accreditation are:
All services should score at least 80/100. There should not be any non-compliant standards or criteria that could result in serious harm or injury to patients or staff; contravention of critical laws and regulations or serious administration, organisational and/or managerial problems.
COHSASA, a not-for-profit organisation in Cape Town, South Africa, assists a wide range of healthcare facilities to meet and maintain quality standards.
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