Environment of Care Management Plan - Annual Evaluation
What is the annual evaluation requirement for Environment of Care management plans?
Any examples are for illustrative purposes only.
An annual evaluation of the management plans provides a systematic approach that the organization can use to ensure that the plans are still relevant, effective and useful.
Organizations are required to have a written plan for managing the following:
Review of the plan since the last annual evaluation would include a determination of:
Additional Resources:
EC.01.01.01
EC.04.01.01 EP 15
An annual evaluation of the management plans provides a systematic approach that the organization can use to ensure that the plans are still relevant, effective and useful.
Organizations are required to have a written plan for managing the following:
- Environmental safety of patients and everyone else who enters the facility
- Security of everyone who enters the facility
- Hazardous materials and waste
- Fire safety
- Medical equipment
- Utility systems
Review of the plan since the last annual evaluation would include a determination of:
- effectiveness of the plan
- whether the previous year's objectives were achieved
- new services, programs, or sites added
- services, programs, or sites that have been eliminated
- new hazards that have been introduced
- critique of fire drills
- review of incident reports
- need for new objectives areas for improvement
Additional Resources:
EC.01.01.01
EC.04.01.01 EP 15
Manual:
Critical Access Hospital
Chapter:
Environment of Care EC
First published date: April 11, 2016
This Standards FAQ was first published on this date.
This page was last updated on November 15, 2021

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