Catholic Kwandong University International St. Mary’s Hospital has achieved accreditation as medical institution from the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
 

- All 537 items in 13 sections, such as safety, quality improvement, patient treatment, surgery, anesthesia and tranquilization of patient, pharmaceutical management, safe facility and environmental management, etc. were passed.

Catholic Kwandong University International St. Mary’s Hospital(President Kim, Junsig) has achieved accreditation for medical institution in the accreditation assessment recently executed by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

Accreditation system for medical institution is for medical institutions not only to continuously and voluntarily endeavor for patient safety and clinical quality improvement but also to provide high quality of medical services to patients. In order to achieve accreditation as medical institution, ad hoc evaluation committee inspects 537 items in 13 sections on △Safety △Continuous quality improvement, △patient treatment, △surgery, anesthesia, and tranquilization, △pharmaceutical management, △infection control, △safe facilities and environmental management, etc. and all items need to be passed.

International St. Mary’s Hospital underwent document screening and site inspection for 4 days from June 14 to 17, and achieved accreditation as medical institution from the Ministry of Health and Welfare on August after passing through accreditation assessment and deliberations. International St. Mary’s Hospital’s term of validity for accreditation ends in 7 August, 2020.

The president, Kim, Junsig, said “we were able to achieve accreditation thanks to the efforts of all staffs,” and “as the only university hospital in Seogu area of Incheon, we will endeavor to repay local residents for their favor and to become a reliable hospital by providing high-quality medical services.”