NABH 6th Edition · Effective 1 Jan 2025
Every chapter. Every element. All 639.
The complete NABH Hospital Accreditation Standard, parsed straight from the official 6th Edition book — 10 chapters, 100 standards, 639 Objective Elements. Click a chapter, then click "Explain" on any element for the book's own wording, a plain-English rewrite, and a real-life example.
Core — 105, assessed every time
Commitment — 457, assessed at final
Achievement — 60, at surveillance
Excellence — 17, at re-accreditation
Marked with an asterisk (*) in the book: that Objective Element requires a written Standard Operating Procedure — documented, implemented, and kept on file for the assessor to review. On this page these are flagged with a ✱ SOP required tag.
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