Environmental rounds: the pursuit of trivia?
Details abound in the environment and many of them significantly influence the quality of patient care. Supervisors and the staff themselves periodically need to conduct environmental rounds. The pursuit of trivia is to be encouraged and demanded for both practical and philosophical reasons.
D000368:Aged; D006268:Health Facilities; D006272:Health Facility Environment; D006801:Humans; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000592:standards*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States