Mar Sleeva Medicity Palai has achieved Green OT certification from Bureau Veritas, following an independent assessment of its operation theatres against more than 45 defined performance standards. The certification recognises Mar Sleeva's operating theatres for meeting assessed requirements related to surgical safety, infection prevention, anaesthesia safety, equipment, environmental practices and quality assurance, marking another milestone in the hospital's commitment to safe and high-quality surgical care.

For Mar Sleeva Medicity Palai, this achievement represents an independently assessed recognition of the systems and practices in place across its operation theatres. The assessment looked beyond individual procedures to evaluate the operating-theatre environment, equipment, safety processes, infection-control practices and quality systems that support surgical care.

Mar Sleeva Medicity Palai achieves Green OT certification

Green OT certification adds a specialised recognition to Mar Sleeva Medicity Palai's continuing quality journey. While hospital-wide accreditation evaluates quality systems across multiple areas of healthcare delivery, Green OT focuses specifically on the operation theatre — one of the most controlled and safety-critical environments within a hospital.

The certification followed an independent assessment of Mar Sleeva's operation theatres against more than 45 performance standards. Meeting these requirements involved the coordinated efforts of clinical, nursing, infection-control, quality, biomedical engineering, anaesthesia, housekeeping and other teams involved in maintaining the safety and functioning of the surgical environment.

What was assessed in Mar Sleeva's operation theatres?

The Green OT assessment examined the systems and practices that contribute to a safe and controlled operating-theatre environment. The assessed areas include surgical site infection prevention, safe anaesthesia, safety of surgical teams and equipment, environmental practices, and measurement and quality assurance.

The assessment also considers operational aspects of the theatre environment, including sterile practices, airflow and environmental controls, anaesthesia and biomedical equipment, equipment maintenance, staff safety, waste management, temperature and humidity monitoring, and processes used to measure and maintain quality.

For Mar Sleeva Medicity Palai, the assessment therefore provided an external benchmark for the infrastructure, processes and practices supporting surgical care across its operation theatres.

Another step in Mar Sleeva's quality journey

Green OT certification builds on Mar Sleeva Medicity Palai's wider commitment to healthcare quality and patient safety. The hospital is NABH accredited across its 61 departments and is an Institutional Member of the International Society for Quality in Health Care (ISQua), reflecting its continuing engagement with structured and internationally informed approaches to healthcare quality.

Mar Sleeva's Central Sterile Supply Department has also placed first in the South Zone in the large healthcare organisation category at the CAHO ACE National Awards, selected from more than two hundred hospitals across India. Together with Green OT certification, these recognitions reflect a continuing focus on quality across clinical care, infection prevention, sterilisation, patient safety and hospital operations.

What Green OT certification means for Mar Sleeva

For Mar Sleeva Medicity Palai, Green OT certification provides independent recognition of the standards maintained within its operation theatres. It gives the hospital an external reference point for evaluating the systems, infrastructure and practices that support safe surgical care.

The certification also complements Mar Sleeva's existing hospital-wide quality systems. Rather than replacing NABH accreditation or other quality initiatives, Green OT provides a more specific assessment of the operating-theatre environment and the processes that support surgical safety, infection prevention and quality assurance.

For patients undergoing surgery at Mar Sleeva Medicity Palai, the certification is part of a broader quality framework in which the hospital continually evaluates the environments, systems and processes involved in patient care.

What is Green OT certification?

Green OT is a certification framework specifically focused on operation theatres. It provides an independent assessment of the operating-theatre environment against defined performance standards covering areas such as infection prevention, surgical safety, anaesthesia safety, equipment and environmental practices.

Green OT certification at Mar Sleeva Medicity Palai was awarded by Bureau Veritas following the assessment of its operation theatres. Bureau Veritas is a global testing, inspection and certification organisation that provides independent assessment and certification services across multiple sectors.

Green OT and NABH accreditation have different scopes. NABH accreditation evaluates a healthcare organisation against defined national healthcare standards across its services and systems, while Green OT focuses specifically on the operation-theatre environment and the practices that support safe surgical care.

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