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Notice of Intent
Palliative Care Services
Health Standards Organization (HSO) is developing a new edition of the Palliative Care Services standard. The new edition will provide evidence-based guidance for delivering safe, equitable, comprehensive, people-centred and...
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New National Long-Term Care Standards to Provide...
The global pandemic has shone a light on the unique challenges within Canada’s long-term care (LTC) sector, with approximately 70% of all deaths attributed to people living in LTC settings and retirement home settings across...
Notice of Intent
General requirements for quality management and...
The first edition of CSA Z305 is intended to cover all aspects of perioperative safety, including patient safety, environmental services and informative content on the ISO TC 121 adoptions and their role in perioperative...
Notice of Intent
Research ethics oversight of biomedical clinical...
This National Standard of Canada applies to Research Ethics Boards (REBs) that evaluate applications for ethical acceptability. If an REB grants ethics approval to conduct biomedical clinical trials, it will provide research...
Notice of Intent
Work disability management system
1.1 General This Standard specifies the requirements for a WDM system that can be used by organizations to systematically manage their WDM activities. This Standard includes a framework for the management of work disability...
Notice of Intent
Care-in-Place Competency Standard
This standard is intended to support all workers providing care-in-place and their employers by providing competency requirements and guidance for occupations and roles. Care-in-place refers to all services (e.g...
Notice of Intent
Innovation management — Tools and methods for...
Efficient management of IP is key to support the process of innovation, is essential for organizations' growth and protection, and is their engine for competitiveness. This document proposes guidelines for supporting the role...
Publications
SCC Requirements and Guidance for the Accreditation...
The purpose of this document is to outline the accreditation requirements for Certification Bodies operating the CyberSecure Canada certification program. These requirements are based on a combination of those previously used...
Publications
Understanding Barriers and Opportunities for ...
This document serves as a technical note to accompany the report “High-wind design of new woodframe houses has an average benefit-cost ratio of 6:1 in Canada” by K. Porter (2023). This technical note explores challenges and...
Publications
Guidelines for Remote Assessments/Inspections
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that accreditation is more important than ever. During these challenging times, we have adapted and continue to ensure that Conformity Assessment Bodies (CABs) can demonstrate their...
Publications
Developing a method for conducting wildland/urban...
The Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) and the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) recommend the development of standardized methods for conducting wildland/urban interface fire case study research in Canada. This...
Notice of Intent
Guideline on Office Ergonomics
Scope General This guideline incorporates ergonomics into a step-by-step process for the optimal design of office systems, including the design of jobs and work organization, layout of the office, environmental conditions...