Review and Validation of Health Facility Standards
The Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency (HEFAMAA) has developed draft standards for over twenty schedules/categories of health facilities in Lagos State in collaboration with PharmAccess Foundation.
The draft standards have been grouped into seven clusters to enable seamless planning for their review by health professional associations and regulatory bodies prior to their validation. The first cluster comprising the draft standards for private clinic, private hospital, Mobile clinic, Industrial clinic, private specialist hospital and private multi-specialist hospital have been reviewed. This will be followed by the review of the second cluster of standards comprising Private Laboratories and Diagnostic facilities.
Details
The detail of the planned review and validation is as in the table below:
| Cluster | Standards for Validation | Proposed Timeline | Number of days |
| Cluster 1 | Private Clinic
Private Hospital Industrial Clinic Mobile Clinic Private specialist Hospital Private multi-specialist Hospital |
27th – 29th July 2021
Done |
3 |
| Cluster 2 | Medical Laboratory
Private Diagnostic Centre Multi-specialist Diag. Centre |
To be determined | 3 |
| Cluster 3 | Maternity Centre
Nursing Home Home Care services |
To be determined | 3 |
| Cluster 4 | Advanced Life Support/ ICU
Dialysis Centre Eye clinic/Optical Centre Eye Hospital/Ophthalmic Centre |
To be determined | 3 |
| Cluster 5 | Physiotherapy clinic
Mortuary services Ambulance services |
To be determined | 3 |
| Cluster 6 | Dental Clinic
Dental Hospital Radiotherapy Centre Alternative Medical Centre |
To be determined | 3 |
| Cluster 7 | Telemedicine
Cosmetic surgery |
To be determined | 2 |
The draft standards when validated will be disseminated to health facility owners and other healthcare workers with the expectation that they will comply with the contents therein with a view to improving the quality of healthcare delivery in the State.
The owners of new health facilities will also be required to make use of the standards while establishing their facilities in order to ensure they meet the minimum requirements for quality healthcare delivery in the State and also to facilitate timely approval/licensing of the health facility by the Agency.