Health Care
Canadian Standards Associations (CSA) has been developing and maintaining standards in health care for more than 40 years. These standards help protect patients and workers in the health care system by setting minimum requirements for safety in medical devices, buildings, systems, and management of professional practices. They also increase efficiency in health care facilities and systems without compromising patient care.
Our system for standards development produces documents that are dynamic and flexible, allowing them to respond to changing technologies, processes, materials, and needs within Canada’s public health system. CSA has earned an international reputation for finding solutions for difficult and complex issues, and developing consensus between commercial, professional, political, regulatory and public interests.
Seven Areas of Expertise and Over 200 Standards That Work
Working with key health care sector stakeholders, both domestically and abroad, we have been successful in developing solutions in health care technology, infrastructure, and systems. Over the years, we have developed and refined our expertise in seven primary areas critical to providing safe, reliable health care:
- Blood And Transplantation
- Health Care Facilities
- Health Informatics
- Labels And Packaging
- Medical Devices
- Medical Laboratories
- Sterilization
In health care, CSA’s mission is two-fold: to raise awareness about the importance of standards in the lives of Canadians while remaining at the forefront of health care standards development, both domestically and abroad.