• Demet Gökmen Kavak, Ayşe Sibel Öksüz, Canan Cengiz, İbrahim Halil Kayral, and Figen Çizmeci Şenel.
• Department of Accreditation Standards, Turkish Healthcare Quality and Accreditation Institute,Health Institutes of Turkey, Ankara, Turkey
• Turk J Med Sci. 2020 Dec 17; 50 (8): 1760-1770.

Background/AimThe aim of this research is to evaluate the relationship between the quality of health and accreditation standards with the Covid-19 process and to reveal the importance of quality and accreditation in health care in the process of combating coronavirus.Materials And MethodsThe relationship between hospital accreditation standards of Turkish Healthcare Quality and Accreditation Institute and the Covid-19 process was evaluated. The standards were analyzed within the framework of the technical guidance areas provided by the World Health Organization for countries for the Covid-19 process.ResultsThe standards were found to be 79,6% related to the Covid-19 process. The standard set including risk management, health and safety of employees, patient safety, end of life services, prevention of infections, drug management, sterilization management, laboratory services, waste management, outsourcing, material and device management, adverse event reporting, corporate communication, and social responsibilities sections are 100% related to the Covid-19 process.ConclusionStudies on quality and accreditation in health services are important in terms of being prepared for Covid-19 and similar epidemic and pandemic situations, and to carry out planned and effective management of the process.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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