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Busan Metropolitan City to Hold 2026 Briefing Session on the Busan Accreditation for Safe Infection Care (BASIC)

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Busan Metropolitan City, led by Acting Mayor Kim Kyung-duk, announced that it will hold the 2026 briefing session on the Busan Accreditation for Safe Infection Care (BASIC) together with the Busan Social Service Center, headed by Director Yoo Gyu-won, at 3:00 p.m. on May 15 in the conference room on the 10th floor of the Busan Water Authority building.

The Busan Accreditation for Safe Infection Care (BASIC, Busan Accreditation for Safe Infection Care) is a certification system that recognizes care facilities maintaining the fundamentals of infectious disease control. Introduced by the city in August 2025 for elderly care facilities, it is the nation’s first regionally tailored, practice-oriented accreditation system.

The briefing session will introduce the background, procedures, and evaluation indicators of the accreditation system and share exemplary cases from accredited institutions.

Hosted by Busan Metropolitan City and organized by the Busan Social Service Center, the session will be attended by employees of elderly care facilities, representatives of related organizations, and officials from city, district, and county governments.

The main agenda includes guidance on accreditation procedures and schedules, explanations of 33 accreditation evaluation indicators, presentations of accredited institution case studies, and a question-and-answer session.

Beginning with the briefing session in May, the Busan Accreditation for Safe Infection Care program plans to select seven accredited institutions around October.

The accreditation process will proceed in the following order: briefing session in May, recruitment announcement and application submission in May, facility self-assessment and preparation of comprehensive evaluation sheets in June, preliminary consulting from June to July, on-site evaluations in August, and accreditation review and certification from September to October. The process will be jointly conducted by Busan Metropolitan City and the Busan Social Service Center.

Based on 33 evaluation indicators, the accreditation system provides two rounds of customized preliminary consulting along with facility self-assessments. Institutions scoring 70 points or higher in the on-site evaluation and passing the accreditation review process will be selected as final accredited institutions around October.

Busan Metropolitan City plans to gradually expand the number of accredited institutions in the future in order to strengthen the community-based autonomous infection prevention system and further reinforce the infectious disease safety network for care facilities.

Accredited institutions will receive certificates and plaques, and the accreditation will remain valid for three years. In addition, the city plans to continuously maintain the infection control standards of accredited institutions through infection management expense support and regular inspections and monitoring.

Cho Gyu-yul, Director General of the Citizen Health Bureau of Busan Metropolitan City, stated, “The Busan Accreditation for Safe Infection Care is a policy designed to create a care environment where senior citizens and all residents can feel safe from infectious diseases.” He added, “We hope elderly care facilities will show great interest in and actively participate in the accreditation program, and we will continue to promote infection control policies that work closely with frontline facilities.”