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Environment of Care Checklist for Inpatient Units

by Shannon Seifreit, from the Community

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This inpatient environment of care checklist helps hospitals and behavioral health units assess safety, cleanliness, and compliance across entry and lobby areas, exam rooms, patient rooms, bathrooms, seclusion and restraint rooms, kitchens, laundry, storage, utilities, and exterior spaces. Use it to verify equipment inspections, temperature logs, secure areas, hazardous waste handling, and overall facility conditions.

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This Environment of Care Rounds checklist supports hospitals and healthcare facilities in auditing safety, infection prevention, privacy and information security, engineering and life safety systems, interior design, patient safety, supply chain and sterile storage, and food service operations. It covers requirements such as emergency power and lighting, medical gas procedures, housekeeping and waste handling, sharps and PPE, HIPAA privacy safeguards, fire and egress compliance, hazardous materials and spill response, refrigeration and temperature logs, and VA-specific security practices. Use it to standardize rounds, document findings, and drive corrective actions that enhance compliance and patient safety across inpatient and outpatient areas.
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Environment of Care Inpatient Checklist

This inpatient Environment of Care checklist supports hospital teams in auditing corridors, utility rooms, medication rooms, kitchens, and patient care areas for safety, cleanliness, and regulatory compliance. It covers fire safety and egress, equipment and power management, infection prevention, oxygen storage, refrigeration and temperature logs, medication security and labeling, linen handling, and eyewash stations. Sections also include staff interviews on SDS access, emergency preparedness, hand hygiene, disinfectant contact times, and psychiatric-unit specific controls.

by Anne Steele, from the Community

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Inpatient Leadership Rounds Checklist

This inpatient leadership rounds checklist helps hospital leaders structure and document rounding on inpatient units. It covers security and safety checks, fire safety readiness, hazardous materials and waste handling, infection prevention and control standards, medical equipment maintenance, and emergency procedures. Clinical care observations include central line and urinary catheter care, ventilator care, falls risk, pressure injury prevention, and restraint documentation. Use this template to record findings, engage staff and patients, assign and track corrective actions, and demonstrate compliance with hospital policies and patient safety goals. Adapt sections to your unit and schedule regular reviews to drive continuous improvement.

by Alyson Estwick Morris, from the Community

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Infection Prevention Rounds Checklist for Hospitals

This UWNI Infection Prevention Rounds checklist helps hospitals and inpatient units assess compliance with key infection control practices. Sections cover patient care areas, isolation rooms, clean and soiled utility rooms, nourishment rooms, nurse stations, staff lounges, waiting areas, equipment, linen handling, waste management, hand hygiene, and the general environment. It guides checks for PPE availability, signage, negative pressure, transport procedures, separation of clean and soiled items, storage standards, expired supplies, sharps and biohazard disposal, and routine cleaning and maintenance. Use it to standardize audits, document findings, and drive corrective actions across hospital locations.

by Infection Prevention Specialist, from the Community

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Environment of Care Rounds Current Version

This Environment of Care Rounds checklist supports hospitals and healthcare facilities in auditing safety, infection prevention, privacy and information security, engineering and life safety systems, interior design, patient safety, supply chain and sterile storage, and food service operations. It covers requirements such as emergency power and lighting, medical gas procedures, housekeeping and waste handling, sharps and PPE, HIPAA privacy safeguards, fire and egress compliance, hazardous materials and spill response, refrigeration and temperature logs, and VA-specific security practices. Use it to standardize rounds, document findings, and drive corrective actions that enhance compliance and patient safety across inpatient and outpatient areas.

by Chris Braun, from the Community

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Environment of Care Checklist for Inpatient Units

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