Final Revisions to 2010 AAAHC Standards Released

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Healthcare (AAAHC) has released the final revisions to its 2010 standards, which now include a chapter on Infection Control.

Along with the new revisions, AAAHC has released the following note:

"Organizations submitting an Application for Survey to AAAHC on or before February 26, 2010 and that are surveyed on or before June 30, 2010, will be surveyed according to 2009 standards. Organizations submitting an Application for Survey on or after March 1, 2010 and/or are surveyed after June 30, 2010, will be surveyed according to 2010 standards."

The AAAHC has been granted deemed status by CMS for Ambulatory Surgery Centers.

The 2010 standards revisions can be found here:
http://www.aaahc.org/eweb/docs/Standards%20revisions%20for%202010.pdf.


Source: AAAHC