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  • Site conducted

  • Conducted on

  • Prepared by

  • Location

Waiting Room, Public Bathrooms, and Hallways

  • 1. All horizontal surfaces are clean

  • 2. Areas/hallways are not cluttered

  • 3. Trash is not overflowing

  • 4. Bathrooms are clean

  • 5. Handwashing supplies are available

  • 6. No stained ceiling tiles

Nursing Station

  • 1. Clean and free of clutter

  • 2. No food present, only drinks with a lid

  • 3. No patient care supplies left open on tables.

  • 4.Trash is not overflowing

Staff

  • 1. Hand hygiene is being performed correctly

  • 2. No fingernail polish or artificial nails. (if providing patient care)

  • 3. Appropriated fingernail length. (1/4")

  • 4. Staff understands isolation precaution protocol and needlestick protocol

Hand Hygiene

  • 1. Sinks for handwashing are appropriately stocked with soap, paper towel, and trash cans

  • 2. Alcohol hand-rubs are available near patient rooms/in patient rooms and other areas as needed

  • 3. Hand hygiene is monitored for staff compliance

  • 4. Gloves are stocked in patient's room for staff use when needed

Precautions

  • 1. PPE supplies are available

  • 2. Appropriate signage in place for isolation rooms.

  • 3. Trash and linen handled per policy

  • 4. Patient and family given appropriate education in regards to isolation precautions

  • 5. If airborne precautions, is the door closed

  • 6. Appropriate PPE being used by staff

  • 7. Isolation stations being utilized and are stocked.

Soiled Utility

  • 1. Door to room is labeled

  • 2. Biohazard symbol on door if biomedical waste in room

  • 3. Soiled linen in hamper with impervious liner

  • 4. Clean supplies not in room

  • 5. Appropriate PPE available

  • 6. Soiled linen covered for transport

Clean Utility/ Storage Room

  • 1. There is a clear walk way

  • 2. All equipment is clean and stored off the ground

  • 3. Equipment/supplies are not out of date

  • 4. Door to room is labeled

  • 5. No supplies stored under sink

Clean Linen

  • 1. Linens are in good condition

  • 2. Stored on covered cart or in linen room where shelf is covered.

  • 3. Clean linen covered during transport

Refrigerators

  • 1. Daily temperature checks are documented appropriately

  • 2. Items are appropriately labeled and nothing out of date

  • 3. Refrigerator is clean

Patient Care Equipment

  • 1. Equipment is cleaned according to policy/manufacturer's IFUs

  • 2. Vital sign machines are cleaned using the disinfectant wipes prior to use.

  • 3. Equipment that has expiration dates have not expired.

Hazardous Materials and Medical Waste

  • 1. Appropriate sharps containers in use

  • 2. Sharps containers no more than 3/4 full

  • 3. Sharps containers secured for transport

  • 4. Appropriate biomedical waste manifests maintained

Floor Care

  • 1. All carpet is vacuumed and spotted daily

  • 2. All tile/vinyl floors dust mopped or swept before they are mopped or autoscrubbed

Social Area

  • 1. All horizontal surfaces and clean

  • 2. Clean and free of clutter

  • 3. Trash is not overflowing

Medication Room

  • 1. Clean and free of clutter

  • 2. Trash is not overflowing

  • 3. Medication prep is done at least 3ft from the ink

  • 4. Non-medication items stored separately from medications in the biological refrigerator

  • 5. Light sensitive medications are properly stored

  • 6. All open vials were appropriately dated and not expired

  • 7. No damaged or illegibly labeled medications available for use

  • 8. All single use vials are discarded appropriately after use.

EOC

  • 1. All cylinders (oxygen, other compressed gas) are secured

  • 2. Empty oxygen tanks are kept separate from full oxygen tanks

  • 3. Fire extinguishers are not obstructed from easy access

  • 4. No electrical panels are blocked

  • 5. Furnishings /equipment are kept in good repair (No torn or soiled furniture, wheelchairs, mattresses)

  • 6. Countertops/doors are in good condition with no chipping to laminate

  • 7. no supplies stored under sinks

  • 8. Paper is not present on fire-rated doors

  • 9. Maintains the integrity of egress throughout the facility

  • 10. No space heaters present in patient care areas

  • There is at least 18" of open space maintained below a sprinkler deflector to the top of storage

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