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AHS Regulatory Survey Sweep List

by Nilda Perez, from the Community

This daily AHS regulatory survey sweep list helps healthcare teams maintain readiness for inspections. It covers exits and egress, hallway safety, medication room security and logs, sharps and medication dating, infection prevention and hand hygiene, EVS requirements for clean and soiled utility rooms, and procedure room standards including timeouts, PPE, labeling, and documentation. Use it to guide unit rounds, correct issues in real time, and document compliance.

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Use this comprehensive AHS 2020 patient safety rounds tool to evaluate hospital practices across identification, communication, medication safety, alarm management, infection prevention, fall prevention, and safety and security. It includes guidance on anticoagulation management, medication reconciliation, central line and urinary catheter protocols, surgical site infection prevention, suicide risk mitigation, and universal protocol steps, helping teams standardize audits and improve patient outcomes.

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Ambulatory Infection Prevention Rounds Checklist

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IPC Observations and Rounds Checklist

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