Healthcare Safety Toolkit Library

Sample DHH infection control risk assessment specific to long term care facilities.

Sample DHH infection control risk assessment specific to outpatient care settings.

Sample environment of care checklist that lists items evaluated during the DHH survey infection control risk assessment.

A guide for the environmental services staff to aid in training on proper cleaning through-out a healthcare facility.

A checklist for the environmental services staff to ensure proper terminal cleaning of rooms after patient discharge.

Utilize this tool when performing environment of care rounds, weekly or monthly assessments, tracers or in preparation for a regulatory survey to gain an overall picture of the condition of the environment. The environment of care assessment tool can be applied at the departmental level in any healthcare organization.

Acitve shooter events are increasing more and more across the U.S. and the experts have developed tools to help the lay person identify a potential active shooter as a risk reduction strategy.

Healthcare organizations should take the possiblity of an active shooter event occuring in their facility very seriously. These resources provide key tactics on managing violent and disruptive behavior as a risk reduction process.