ASF publishes every standard it assesses against, in full and free of charge. Each criterion carries a self-assessment question, guidance, means of verification, and a four-cell strip showing whether it applies in Full, Adapted, or Not-Applicable form for each facility category. Read online, download the PDF, or start the open self-assessment.
A facility self-selects its category through a one-page decision-tree questionnaire at the start of every standard. The same criterion is then read differently — Full, Adapted, or Not applicable — depending on the resource context. One document serves a field hospital and a fully resourced reference centre.
Active conflict or disaster; World Bank fragile and conflict-affected list. Assessed on what can be delivered safely today.
Functioning but fragile systems, low- and lower-middle-income contexts. Adapted criteria where infrastructure is unreliable.
Scale and staffing depth are the binding constraint, whatever the country. A two-doctor clinic is not a failed hospital.
The fully resourced reference model. Every criterion applies in full.
ASF accredits against three distinct standard-types. The distinction is deliberate: organizations, surveyors and training providers are assessed by different instruments.
The open self-assessment needs no login and no fee. Start with the classification questionnaire, then work criterion by criterion.