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Infection Control Surveillance Checklist

by Thomas Carr, DPM, from the Community

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This infection control surveillance checklist helps healthcare facilities assess compliance across key areas. It covers hand hygiene supplies and practices, clean utility and storage standards, patient room cleanliness and PPE availability, nursing station and medication room controls, segregation of biohazard waste, linen handling, equipment condition, and environmental cleanliness. It also prompts daily and shift-based logs such as crash cart and defibrillator checks, narcotic counts, temperature monitoring for medications and vaccines, refrigerator checks, glucose strip dating, and Cidex monitoring. Staff knowledge is verified, including procedures for blood exposure, locations of plans and kits, and the WHO five moments of hand hygiene. Use it to identify deficiencies, set corrective actions, and improve patient safety and regulatory compliance.

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