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  • Site conducted

  • Conducted on

  • Prepared by

  • Location
  • Are items stored at least "36 from electrical panels

  • No items stored within 18" of ceiling

  • Are electric panels switch labels accurate and are all spares in the off position?

  • Are all mechanical and electrical rooms clean and have no storage? Indicate which rooms are not clean in the notes section

  • Are medical gas zone shut off valves accessible and unobstructed?

  • Are medical gas zone shut off valves properly labeled for area served?

  • Do clean utility, sterile storage, medication rooms, and other clean/sterile areas have positive air pressure to the corridor/adjacent areas?

  • Do soiled utility, trash, hazardous waste, and other dirty room shave negative air pressure to the corridor/adjacent areas?

  • Clean utility rooms contain only clean/sterile items?

  • Soiled utility rooms contain contaminated/soiled items only? Door is locked?

  • All clean supplies stored off of the floor?

  • Are supplies within expiration dates?

  • Is clean linen covered?

  • Is clean linen kept separate from the dirty linen disposal?

  • Are patient food refrigerator logs maintained and up to date? Are temperatures within range?

  • Are patient food freezer logs maintained and up to date?

  • Are patient food freezer logs maintained and up to date? Are patient food freezer temperature within range?

  • Are medicines and food stored in separate refrigerators?

  • Patient food items have expiration dates and are not expired?

  • The only items located under sinks are items allowed by policy?

  • Return and supply air diffusers are free from dust?

  • Countertops in good repair with no chips or missing laminate?

  • Furniture is in good repair and not dirty or soiled?

  • All Multidose medication vials are dated with a 28 day expiration date?

  • Glucometers clean; Glucometer controls are dated with correct expiration date?

  • No stained ceiling tiles noted

  • No corrugated boxes noted in area

  • No call bells looped around bars?

  • Crash cart logs current with dates checked

  • Crash carts plugged into red plug

  • Egress hallways are free of clutter

  • All oxygen cylinders secured

  • Oxygen cylinders (full or partial) are kept separated from empty cylinders? If oxygen cylinders are kept in a supply room is a sign on the door to signify oxygen stored?

  • No expired biomed stickers found

Department/Unit:

  • Floors clean; wet floor sings placed appropriately

  • Hallway AC grills and returns clean without dust buildup; no horizontal dust

  • No wet ceiling tiles

  • Linen carts covered

Central Station/Desk

  • No unlabeled/unattended specimens

  • No food or beverages in undesignated areas

  • No soiled equipment on counters

  • WOWs, desk computers, keyboards clean top to bottom

  • No employee food or drinks on WOWs or outside designated "drink" area

  • No unattended medications or syringes on WOWs

  • No open unlabeled medication vials on WOWs

Clean Supply Storage

  • All supplies stored in orderly fashion without danger for contamination

  • Solid surface on bottom rack of supply racks

  • Packaging not compromised by storage space, esp. sterile packaging

  • Supplies not stored within 3 feet of water source or 18 inches from sprinkler head

  • No corrugated boxes in room

  • No soiled supplies or equipment in room

  • No "expired" supplies

  • No storage directly on floor

  • Clean equipment marked as "clean" per policy

Clean Linen Storage

  • Clean linen carts: linen covered, no items on top of cart, no soiled items

Patient Nutrition Room

  • Patient non-refrigerated nutrition stocked in orderly fashion and without compromise to packaging

  • No corrugated boxes in room

  • No insects

  • Ice machine clean

  • Coffee makers clean

Medication Room

  • Hand hygiene supplies available

  • Only medications in med refrigerator

  • Sharps containers not more than 2/3 full

  • No expired supplies

  • Pill crusher is clean

Soiled Utility Room

  • Hand hygiene and respective PPE supplies available

  • No pungent odors

  • No clean supplies/equipment in room

  • Negative pressure

  • Door closed at all times

  • Trash bags closed/tied securely and in appropriate trash cans

  • No storage directly on floor

  • Biohazard trash stored safely and regular trash stored separately

  • Soiled linen stored separately from trash

  • Reusable equipment stored appropriately for reprocessing

Clean Equipment Storage

  • All equipment marked as "clean" according to policy

  • No items stored directly on floor

  • No unlabeled/soiled items in room

  • No nicks, tears, or rust on patient care equipment

Unoccupied "Clean" Patient Room

  • No patient items left dangling/touching the floor

  • Oxygen "Christmas tree" connector changed between patients

  • Over bed table clean without debris

  • IV poles without rust and clean top to bottom

  • All furniture surfaces intact

  • Bed clean top to bottom, including under mattress/bed

  • Hand hygiene supplies available; functioning hot and cold water

  • Ceiling tiles free of stains

  • Walls intact

  • Bedside table clean without debris in drawers

  • Window blinds clean

  • Patient bathroom clean with appropriate supplies available

  • Sharps containers not more than 2/3 full

Employees

  • No obviously ill employees on duty; no open or draining wounds

  • No missed hand hygiene opportunities

  • No artificial nails or chipped nail polish

  • No employees with arm/hand braces impeding hand hygiene

  • Staff can state proper order for donning and doffing PPE

  • Staff can state appropriate disinfectants and appropriate kill times

  • Staff can state or demonstrate proper hand hygiene

  • Staff can state appropriate action in the event of a BBP exposure

  • No staff walking around with gloves on from one area to another

  • Staff can locate IC policies

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