Hand hygiene observation (WHO 5 Moments)
Direct observation audit using the WHO 5 Moments methodology, producing a compliance rate by role and moment rather than a yes/no answer.
Typically run by Infection Control Nurse
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Healthcare
Hospitals, clinics, diagnostic labs, day-care centres and home healthcare providers.
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Sustaining NABH or JCI readiness between accreditation cycles, and evidencing infection control and biomedical waste compliance continuously.
Weighted questions with auditor guidance, and on most of them the clause each question evidences — ready to run, or to edit into your own house standard.
Direct observation audit using the WHO 5 Moments methodology, producing a compliance rate by role and moment rather than a yes/no answer.
Typically run by Infection Control Nurse
Point-of-generation segregation audit against BMW Rules 2016 colour coding, storage limits, barcoding and manifest reconciliation.
Typically run by Infection Control / Waste Management Officer
Storage, prescribing, high-alert medication and adverse event controls across the medication use process.
Typically run by Chief Pharmacist / Quality Nurse
Chapter-by-chapter readiness check against the NABH 6th Edition hospital standards (effective 1 January 2025), scoped for a pre-assessment gap review.
Typically run by Quality Manager / NABH Coordinator
Administrative, physical and technical safeguard review against 45 CFR §164 — the assessment OCR asks for first in any investigation.
Typically run by Privacy / Security Officer
Ward-level safety round covering identification, falls, pressure injury, restraint and escalation — spoken with staff, not read from files.
Typically run by Nursing Superintendent / Medical Director
Decontamination through to sterile storage, covering indicator use, load release, tracking and equipment validation.
Typically run by CSSD Manager / Infection Control
Fire safety round adapted for a healthcare setting where evacuation means moving non-ambulatory patients.
Typically run by Facility Manager / Safety Officer
Pre-list theatre check covering air handling, cleaning, sterile stock, attire, traffic and the safe surgery checklist for the observed case.
Typically run by OT In-charge / Infection Control Nurse
Bedside audit of the CLABSI, VAP and CAUTI bundles in a critical care unit, scored on what is observed rather than on the policy document.
Typically run by Infection Control Nurse / Intensivist
Traces units from donor screening through storage and cross-match to bedside administration and reaction reporting.
Typically run by Blood Bank Officer / Transfusion Committee
Radiation protection review across imaging installations covering licensing, shielding, dosimetry, QA testing and emergency response.
Typically run by Radiation Safety Officer
Internal QC, external proficiency testing, calibration and result release controls in a hospital or diagnostic laboratory.
Typically run by Laboratory Quality Manager / Pathologist
Step-by-step observation of flexible endoscope reprocessing from bedside pre-clean to storage, with disinfectant concentration and traceability checks.
Typically run by Endoscopy Unit In-charge / Infection Control
Water treatment, dialysate, machine disinfection and dialyser reuse controls in a haemodialysis unit.
Typically run by Dialysis Unit In-charge / Nephrologist
Sharps handling practice, container compliance and the post-exposure pathway for needle-stick injuries, audited by observation and register review.
Typically run by Infection Control / Occupational Health Nurse
Sampled record review covering clinical documentation completeness alongside access control, consent and patient data rights.
Typically run by Medical Records Officer / Quality Manager
Vehicle, equipment, drug and triage readiness check for the ambulance service and emergency department resuscitation area.
Typically run by Emergency Department In-charge
Manifold, pipeline, alarm and cylinder storage audit for the medical gas system, including verification that outlets deliver the gas they are labelled for.
Typically run by Biomedical / Facility Engineer
Chart-based stewardship audit covering culture before antibiotics, the 48-72 hour review, restricted agent approval and consumption trending.
Typically run by Clinical Pharmacologist / Infection Control
Internal audit of the Security Rule's general requirements, administrative safeguards (§164.308), business associate arrangements and documentation (§164.316), with each implementation specification marked required or addressable.
Typically run by HIPAA Security Officer / Compliance Officer
Walk-through audit of §164.310 physical safeguards and §164.312 technical safeguards — facility access, workstations, devices and media, access control, audit controls, integrity, authentication and transmission security.
Typically run by HIPAA Security Officer / IT Auditor
Internal audit of the Privacy Rule (§164.502–§164.530) — permitted uses and disclosures, minimum necessary, individual rights and administrative requirements — and the Breach Notification Rule (§164.402–§164.414).
Typically run by HIPAA Privacy Officer / Compliance Officer
Internal audit of the medical device QMS against ISO 13485:2016 — system, management review, competence, work environment and contamination, production and process validation, traceability, preservation, complaints, vigilance reporting and nonconforming product.
Typically run by Quality Assurance Manager / Internal Auditor
Audit of an occupier against the Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules 2016 as amended in 2018 and 2019 — every Rule 4 duty by its own clause letter, segregation, storage, authorisation, reporting, records, accidents and the Schedule I and II standards.
Typically run by Infection Control Officer / BMW Nodal Officer
Internal audit of the patient-care chapters of the NABH Accreditation Standards for Hospitals, 6th Edition (effective 1 January 2025): access and continuity of care, care of patients, medication management and patient rights.
Typically run by Quality Manager / NABH Coordinator
Internal audit of the organisation-wide chapters of the NABH 6th Edition hospital standards: infection prevention and control, patient safety and quality, responsibilities of management, facility safety, human resources and information management.
Typically run by Quality Manager / NABH Coordinator
Clause-level internal audit of a medical device QMS against ISO 13485:2016 — documentation, management responsibility, resources, design, purchasing, production, measurement and improvement — complementing the summary-level device QMS audit.
Typically run by QMS Internal Auditor / Regulatory Affairs
Focused audit of three Privacy Rule protections for individuals: recognition of personal representatives (164.502(g)), freedom from intimidation or retaliation (164.530(g)) and the bar on requiring a waiver of rights (164.530(h)).
Typically run by Privacy Officer / Compliance Auditor
Each of these has a real control library in the product — questions map to specific clauses, so gap analysis shows you what is genuinely unevidenced.
The world's most widely adopted quality management system standard.
44 controls mapped
Quality management for medical device design and manufacture.
54 controls mapped
India's national hospital accreditation standard, required for most insurance empanelment.
100 controls mapped
US federal safeguards for protected health information held by covered entities.
106 controls mapped
India's mandatory segregation, treatment and reporting rules for biomedical waste.
31 controls mapped
India's personal data protection law, with consent and breach-notice obligations.
39 controls mapped
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