Western Exterminator understand the necessary steps required to receive and keep HIPAA complaint.
read more at Plant Health and Pest Prevention Services and at http://www.hipaa.org/
Environment
- Is the environment clean overall?
- Is there any dust in high or low places-check tops of cupboards and in corners?
- Is there a designated, locked cupboard for cleaning equipment?
- Is floor covering vinyl and washable in client areas?
- In clinical areas is flooring coved (curved) to the wall?
- Are all carpets clean and in good condition
- Is all furniture clean and in good repair?
- Are all chair coverings clean and intact?
- Are they covered with impervious material (i.e. no material fabric)?
- Are toilets and bathrooms visibly clean (check for lime scale and mould)?
- Is wall mounted liquid soap and paper towels available for use?
Kitchen Areas
- Do you record and log all fridge temperatures daily and take appropriate action if temperature not within normal range?
- Do you label all food in your fridges with name and date it was put in there?
- Are your fridges clean (check seals)?
- Is the microwave clean?
- Is the kitchen clean? (e.g. any spillages, greasy build-up on surfaces, dust on top of cupboards)
- Are the fixtures and fittings in the kitchen clean and in good condition?
- Is the kitchen pest-free?
- Do you have dated traps for pests?
- Is all opened food (such as cereals) kept in pest-proof containers (like a Tupperware container with a lid)?
- Blue roll is available for drying cutlery and crockery?
- Dishwasher is available for use?
- Cloths used to wash dishes are disposed of daily?
- No leftover food (such as leftover meals) is being stored in the kitchen?
Hand Hygiene
- Is there wall-mounted alcohol gel outside the ward door with a poster encouraging its use by all? (wards only)
- Are there easy to access hand wash basins (e.g. in clinical room)
- If client rooms are en-suite do they have paper towels and liquid soap?
- In clinical rooms, Are taps elbow / wrist/mixer operated?
- Are all sinks free from bar soap and nailbrushes?
- Is liquid soap available in areas like clinical room, dirty utility room?
- Is the liquid soap wall mounted with single cartridge dispenser?
- Are wall mounted paper towels available?
- Are the dispensers for soap and paper towels clean - check underneath?
- In clinical rooms is wall-mounted alcohol hand gel available?
- Do staff have access to body-worn alcohol gel (tottles)?
- Is there a poster demonstrating good hand washing technique?
Waste Management
- Is waste segregated into clinical and domestic waste?
- Is clinical waste placed in a foot operated pedal bin? (NB this can be a bin or a sack holder)
- Is the clinical waste bin lined with a yellow clinical waste bag?
- Is the clinical waste bin less than three quarters full?
- Is clinical waste stored in a secure area, inaccessible to unauthorised persons?
- Is domestic waste placed in a foot operated pedal bin? (NB this can be a bin or a sack holder)
- Is household waste bin not more than three quarters full?
Care of Equipment
- Are detergent wipes available in your area to decontaminate equipment?
- Blood glucose monitoring box is clean?
- Are all mattresses clean and in good condition?
- Are all sterile supplies stored off the floor?
- Is moving and handling equipment (e.g. hoists) clean and in good condition?
- Are commodes clean and in good condition (check underneath)?
- Is resuscitation equipment, such as the ambu-bag, single use?
- Do suction machines have disposable liners?
Sharps safety
- Does your area have a sharps box?
- Do you have trays for point of use disposal of sharps?
- Are sharps bins wall mounted on an appropriate bracket (as provided by sharps bin manufacturer)?
- Sharps containers that are currently in use are not stored on the floor?
- Are all sharps bins correctly assembled?
- Are all sharps bins labelled (label should be completed by user at point of assembly and end of use)
- Are all sharps bins no more than ¾ full?
- Is there a poster available detailing what to do in the event of a sharps injury?
- Do you use any safer or retractable needles?
Personal Protective Equipment
- Do you have access to appropriate personal protective equipment: Gloves, Aprons, Facemasks, Goggles
- Are gloves and aprons wall-mounted in appropriate areas (e.g. dirty utility room)?
Blood and Body Fluid Spillages
- Does your clinical area have a blood and body fluid spillage kit?
- Are all staff aware of how to manage blood/body fluid spills? Please question two members of staff
- Are staff aware of what to do in event of a splash with body fluids, particularly if it enters a mucous membrane? Please question two members of staff
Management of Linen
- Is clean linen stored in its own separate cupboard?
- Is clean linen free of stains (check sample)?
- Is there a separate storage area for used linen?
- Do you have dissolvable red bags for infected linen or linen heavily contaminated with blood or body fluids?
- If your area has a washing machine/tumble dryer-do they have a maintenance contract?
- Is there is a cleaning schedule for curtains?
- Are pillows enclosed in washable and impervious cover?
Training and Education
- Have all staff had an annual Infection Control Update training session within the last year (please examine training records)?
- Do you have access to Infection Control Policies?
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