Archive · 23 Jul 2025
Indian Hospitals to Get Cleanliness Checks for Quality Certification
The government is making sure hospitals are clean and safe to help people get better.
Hospitals will now be checked for cleanliness and hygiene before they get a special certificate called NQAS.
If hospitals follow these rules, they can get money from the government.
They are doing this because dirty hospitals can make people sick.
The government wants all hospitals to be clean and get this certificate by 2026.
This will help make hospitals better for everyone, especially by reducing infections and improving safety.
Hospitals will now be assessed for cleanliness and hygiene to receive National Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS) certification.
Government funding for states/UTs is contingent on health facilities obtaining NQAS certification.
The policy links Kayakalp (cleanliness) incentives with NQAS certification applications.
States can claim 25% of national certification incentives upon achieving state-level NQAS certification.
As of December last year, only 22,787 out of 175,000 health facilities had NQAS certification.
- Who
- The Indian government and health facilities.
- What
- Hospitals are now required to meet cleanliness and hygiene standards to receive NQAS certification.
- When
- The policy change was announced in a communication dated July 7, 2025.
- Where
- India.
- Why
- To improve healthcare quality, reduce hospital infections, and ensure patient safety.
- NQAS Certification
- Based on cleanliness and hygiene standards
- HAIs (India)
- 1.73 cases per 1,000 patient days (2022)
- Kayakalp Incentives
- Linked to NQAS certification application
- State Incentive Claim
- 25% after state-level NQAS
- Goal
- NQAS certification for all facilities by December 2026
- Facilities Certified (Dec. last year)
- 22,787