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Hospital Environment of Care Checklist

by Cheryl Walls-Benner, from the Community

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Use this Hospital Environment of Care checklist to assess safety, security, hazardous materials, emergency preparedness, life safety, medical equipment, utilities, environmental services, and general maintenance. Aligned with Joint Commission EOC, Life Safety Code, and EM standards, it helps teams verify storage, labeling, staff readiness, egress, fire safety, and equipment PM compliance across hospital departments.

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Hospital Safety Rounds Checklist
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QHS Environment of Care Rounds Checklist
This Environment of Care rounds checklist helps healthcare teams evaluate safety, security, hazardous materials management, emergency preparedness, fire safety, physical environment, infection prevention, utilities, and staff knowledge. Review work and storage areas, exits, sprinklers, fire alarms, oxygen and gas cylinders, electrical panels, medication and patient refrigerators, isolation pressures, and facility rooms. Confirm signage, clearances, temperature logs, cleanliness, and compliance, and document notifications and interim life safety measures to address findings.
by Ken Choy, from the Community
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EOC Rounds Clinical Checklist

This EOC Rounds Clinical checklist supports hospital and clinical teams in assessing Environment of Care compliance. Sections include life safety, safety management, infection control, utilities, hazardous materials and waste, security, and medical equipment. Use it to verify fire safety, clutter control, PPE availability, refrigerator logs, sharps disposal, room security, equipment tagging, and emergency readiness. Includes staff knowledge questions on codes, RACE, and evacuation to strengthen safety culture.

by Oswaldo Montiel, from the Community

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Hospital Safety Rounds Checklist

This hospital safety rounds checklist helps teams conduct consistent environment of care inspections across units. Review fire prevention, security management, safety management, utilities, clinical equipment, hazardous materials handling, infection control, and waste management. Verify items such as exit signage, fire extinguishers, medical gas storage, corridor clearance, electrical safety, hand hygiene, isolation precautions, sharps disposal, and proper waste segregation. Capture findings, assign follow up to managers or facilities, and track corrective actions to improve patient and staff safety.

by Syed Adnan Ali, from the Community

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Environment of Care Rounds Tracer Checklist

Use this Environment of Care (EOC) Rounds Tracer to run Joint Commission mock surveys and verify hospital readiness. The checklist guides auditors through environment of care checks, information management and HIPAA practices, life safety, patient safety goals, performance improvement indicators, infection prevention, medication management, and waived testing. It also covers unit response to auditor arrival, equipment maintenance, storage and oxygen safety, and documentation review to support continuous compliance.

by Robert Carter, from the Community

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QHS Environment of Care Rounds Checklist

This Environment of Care rounds checklist helps healthcare teams evaluate safety, security, hazardous materials management, emergency preparedness, fire safety, physical environment, infection prevention, utilities, and staff knowledge. Review work and storage areas, exits, sprinklers, fire alarms, oxygen and gas cylinders, electrical panels, medication and patient refrigerators, isolation pressures, and facility rooms. Confirm signage, clearances, temperature logs, cleanliness, and compliance, and document notifications and interim life safety measures to address findings.

by Ken Choy, from the Community

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Hospital Environment of Care Checklist

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