Terms of reference for performing surgical abortions: outside of healthcare organisations and inside health centres - INAHTA Brief

Following the request of the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, HAS has developed terms of reference that define the requirements (especially clinical and organisational) to follow to ensure quality of care and patient safety during surgical abortions performed outside of a healthcare organisation

Moreover, and in accordance with the law on modernisation of our health system enacted in January 2016, HAS has established terms of reference on the methods of performing surgical abortions inside health centres, which is based on the “Terms of reference for performing surgical abortions outside of healthcare organisations”

It is important to specify that the objective is not to develop good practice recommendations or to evaluate the surgical abortion technique