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NABH compliance hub

NABH guides

Each guide answers one question a provider in India asks about NABH, from the official sources it cites. There are 7 guides across 6 topics, last checked on 16 October 2026.

The depth of a readiness review, written from NABH's own standards and procedures. The 6th Edition samples 639 objective elements across ten chapters. These guides show where each one's evidence comes from. Each guide ends with how wai does the work.

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A man in a suit walking across the sunlit atrium of a hospital, a tall tree growing beneath a wall of glassAccreditationHow does a hospital get NABH accreditation?A man reading in a lounge chair by floor-to-ceiling windows at dusk, the lights of Bengaluru belowAssessmentHow do you prepare for a NABH assessment?A woman in a camel jacket reading a folder at a long stone counter, a garden behind the glass wallDocumentsWhich documents and policies does NABH expect a hospital to keep?Two people in conversation by floor-to-ceiling windows high above a city park in autumnEvidenceHow do you organise evidence for NABH's 639 objective elements?A receptionist on the phone behind a long carved wooden desk, a lake and hills beyond the windowsAssessmentWhat do NABH assessors do on the assessment day?

More guides

  1. 16 Oct 2026How should a hospital handle incidents and complaints under NABH?Safety
  2. 16 Oct 2026What does NABH expect of patient rights and patient experience?Patient experience

How the guides map to the NABH framework

The hub sets out the 6 headings NABH works to, and the guides take them one task at a time.

The 6 headings on the NABH hub

  1. Access, Assessment and Continuity of Care, 6 standards on the hub. How patients reach the hospital, are registered, assessed, reassessed, referred and discharged, with care that stays continuous across teams.
  2. Care of Patients, and Management of Medication, 6 standards on the hub. Uniform care guided by written guidance, safe procedures and anaesthesia, and medication prescribed, dispensed, administered and monitored safely.
  3. Patient Rights and Education, 6 standards on the hub. Rights and responsibilities explained on arrival, informed consent, information in a language the patient understands, expected costs, feedback, complaints and patient experience measures.
  4. Infection Prevention and Control, and Patient Safety and Quality Improvement, 5 standards on the hub. A structured safety programme, indicators, clinical audit, an incident management system with sentinel events, and infection prevention and surveillance.
  5. Responsibility of Management, Facility Management and Safety, and Human Resource Management, 5 standards on the hub. Governance and ethics, a safe facility and equipment, and staff who are recruited, trained, credentialed and privileged.
  6. Information Management System, 5 standards on the hub. A complete, accurate, chronological medical record, signed, dated and timed, kept confidential, secure and retained, and reviewed.

The 6 topics the guides are filed under

  1. Accreditation, 1 guide and about 9 minutes of reading. The NABH accreditation process.
  2. Assessment, 2 guides and about 15 minutes of reading. NABH assessment preparation and The NABH assessment day.
  3. Documents, 1 guide and about 8 minutes of reading. NABH documents and policies.
  4. Evidence, 1 guide and about 8 minutes of reading. Organising NABH evidence.
  5. Safety, 1 guide and about 8 minutes of reading. Incidents and complaints.
  6. Patient experience, 1 guide and about 8 minutes of reading. Patient rights and experience.

Questions about the NABH guides

Which NABH guide should I read first?

Start with The NABH accreditation process, the first guide on this page, about 9 minutes of reading, filed under Accreditation. The other 6 each stand on their own, so take them in the order your own preparation needs.

How do these guides relate to the NABH hub?

The NABH hub sets out the 6 headings NABH works to and how wai evidences each one. Each guide goes one level down, to a single task, with steps to follow, a template to copy, answers to common questions and the sources behind it.

How current are the NABH guides?

Every guide shows the date its facts were checked against the official sources it cites. All 7 were checked on 16 October 2026, the same date the hub shows beside its Updated line.

Are the NABH guides legal advice?

They are guidance, not legal advice, written from what NABH publishes, with a link to the source for each fact. NABH does not endorse wai or any software, and the accreditation for your organisation is decided by NABH.

How do I request a demo for NABH?

Request a demo from this page and it reaches the wai team with NABH already named, so the call starts from NABH rather than a general tour. You can also write to team@wellnessa-i.com.

The hub

  1. NABHWhich software helps you earn NABH accreditation?Hub

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Thirty minutes on video, on your own hospital's records, with the NABH chapters beside them.

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