Physical Environment

Joint Commission Update Accreditation 360 For Environmental Services Series Recap

On January 1, 2026, Joint Commission’s Accreditation 360 replaced the Environment of Care (EC) and Life Safety (LS) chapters with…

Joint Commission Update Accreditation 360. Update 8 of 9

NPG #11: Creating a Secure and Safe Physical Environment A safe hospital is built out of small actions. A spill…

Cleaning on Behavioral Health Units: More Than a Standard EVS Task

Cleaning in an adult behavioral health unit requires the same disciplined infection prevention practices used throughout the hospital, but it…

The Physical Environment Update 7 0f 9

Three Questions Every EVS Technician Should Be Able to Answer National Performance Goal #5: Preventing and Controlling Infection A patient…

The Physical Environment 4 of 9

PE.03.01.01: Life Safety Code PE.03.01.01, one of the standards inside the Physical Environment (PE) chapter Accreditation 360 created in 2026,…

The Physical Environment Update part 2 of 9

Joint Commission’s Physical Environment Standards, Part 2 of 9: PE.01.01.01: Safe, Adequate Physical Environment PE.01.01.01, one of the standards inside…

The Physical Environment Update -Introduction

Joint Commission’s Physical Environment Standards, Part 1 of 9: Accreditation 360 as it relates to Environmental Services Joint Commission launched…