Responsible Critical Care Units, a new standard introduced by the Association of Healthcare Providers-India (AHPI), in association with the Indian Society of Critical Care and Medicine (ISCCM), and Bureau Veritas, was on Tuesday awarded to all the 14 intensive care units (ICUs) at Lisie Hospital.
The standards are for ensuring quality and responsible care in the ICUs, which are considered hospitals’ threshold centres in controlling infections and hospital-induced infections.
The certification will be valid for three years. Lisie has been awarded the Platinum certification with 98.5 points scored on a scale of 100, said the Lisie Hospital director Fr. Thomas Vaikathuparambil at a press meet held on the occasion.
The certification was awarded, taking into account the hospital’s antibiotic and other medicine administration policy, infection control, biomedical waste management and affordable quality care, said the hospital director. It was also the only hospital in South India to get the certification, he said.
The certification standards were introduced two years ago in Mumbai by AHPI, Bureau Veritas and ISCCM with support from Cipla, the pharmaceutical major. Apostolic Administrator of the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdioeces Jacob Manathodath; Dr. T. V. Sreevalsan, head of critical care, Lisie, and Cipla senior vice president Jortin George, were among the participants in the press meet.