Additional copies can be purchased directly from ANA Publishing. The publication number is AC-2. The ANA standards can also be purchased directly from ANA Publishing. Accreditation manuals can be obtained directly from accreditation program staff. The first copy of a new manual is provided free of charge to all accredited organizations.
Additional copies are available for purchase.
ANA Publishing can be reached at 800 637-0323. Once an organization is accredited, it is responsible for implementing the accreditation criteria. The direct participation of the Nurse Planner, whose expertise and position description was reviewed during the application process, ensures that the commission's criteria are correctly implemented and the overall integrity of the national accreditation program is maintained. Again, written policies and procedures ensure that the commission's policies and criteria are implemented consistently by an organization over the period of accreditation. Also, since it is a national program, all approvers and providers must be interpreting and implementing the accreditation program similarly.