Accreditation manual for health care organisations - february 1999 - version anglaise in english

ACCREDITATION MANUAL FOR HEALTH CARE ORGANISATIONS February 1999 Accreditation department Accreditation manual All rights of translation, adaptation and reproduction by any means, are reserved, for all countries. Any reproduction or representation of this work, in whole or in part, by whatever means, made without the permission of ANAES is illegal and constitutes an infringement of copyright. In accordance with the provisions of the Intellectual Property Code, only the following are permitted: 1) reproduction which is strictly for the purpose of the private use of the person making the copy and not intended for collective use, and 2) quotation of short passages which are justified as being for purposes of a scientific nature or for illustration of the work in which they are incorporated. Agence Nationale d’Accréditation and d’Évaluation en Santé (ANAES) Service Communication et Diffusion 159, rue Nationale – 75640 PARIS Cedex 13 – Tel.: 01 42 16 72 72 – Fax: 01 42 16 73 73 © 1999. Agence Nationale d’Accréditation et d’Évaluation en Santé (ANAES) ISBN: 2-910653-46-3 ANAES/Accreditation department/February 1999 - 2 - Accreditation manual NOTICE TO PROFESSIONALS This is the first version of the accreditation manual to be issued for use in accrediting French health care organisations.