Grounds Maintenance - Safety
How does grounds maintenance activities apply to safety in the environment of care?
Any examples are for illustrative purposes only.
Grounds maintenance is to be in the context of safe ingress and egress to the health care facilities from where customers enter the campus. These include:
Grounds maintenance is to be in the context of safe ingress and egress to the health care facilities from where customers enter the campus. These include:
- Entry ways into the facility
- Emergency exits
- Vehicle parking
- Pedestrian walkways, sidewalks, ramps and stairs
- Patient drop-off zones
- Shuttle and bus stops
- Exterior lighting and signage
- loading dock and equipment
- helicopter landing pad
- ambulance parking
Last updated on March 19, 2021
Manual:
Ambulatory
Chapter:
Environment of Care EC
