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TJC EOC Standards: Safety and Security

by Darren Yarbrough, from the Community

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This checklist supports a mock survey of The Joint Commission’s Environment of Care standards focused on hospital safety and security. It covers planning and management of safety and security risks, written plans for safe and secure facilities, fire safety and utility systems, maintaining safe, functional environments, and risk controls during construction or renovation. It also addresses staff roles in environment of care incidents, ongoing monitoring and investigation of incidents, data analysis to resolve environmental safety issues, and continuous improvement actions to strengthen compliance and patient safety.

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Environment of Care Rounds Tracer Checklist
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by Keith Demetro, from the Community
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