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QHS Environment of Care Rounds Checklist

by Ken Choy, from the Community

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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.

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Environment of Care Rounds Checklist
This Environment of Care Rounds checklist helps hospitals and clinics inspect critical safety domains across clinical and non-clinical areas. It covers review of previous inspections, fire prevention and door compliance, electrical safety, general safety and housekeeping, hazardous materials and biohazard controls, medication storage, security management, utilities and building systems, primary care office readiness, cleanliness of patient and public areas, and food and nutrition standards. Use it to document findings, maintain compliance, and improve patient and staff safety during routine rounds.
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Environment of Care and Life Safety Rounding Checklist
Conduct comprehensive environment of care and life safety rounds with this checklist. Review safety management practices, fire doors and extinguishers, egress and storage, patient room and equipment conditions, and hand hygiene. Verify security controls, badge use, medication room access, and infant abduction procedures. Check hazmat storage, SDS access, PPE, eyewash stations, and waste handling. Assess infection control measures, air pressure relationships, and utility systems including lighting, medical gas, and emergency exits. Monitor HIPAA privacy risks and optional water management logs.
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Audit hospital environments for safety, infection control, and quality compliance with this Environment of Care rounding checklist. Sections cover building and maintenance, housekeeping and EVS, employee safety, medication and equipment storage, high level disinfection and sterilization, and infection prevention practices. Verify logs, signage, PPE availability, hand hygiene, isolation precautions, and code readiness. Use it to standardize rounds, identify issues, assign actions, and track follow ups across departments.
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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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