Sanitary Inspection of Premises and Audit

At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. define the following terms: premises, inspection, sanitary conveniences, ethics, and many others; 2. outline the objectives of sanitary inspection of premises; 3. describe the procedure and methodology of sanitary inspection of premises; 4. discuss ethical issues in SIP and audit; 5. classify premises into residential, institutional, commercial and many others; 6. identify and use modern equipment for conducting SIP and audit; 7. plan, inspect and report SIP and audit activities; 8. upload SIP report into EHMIS; 9. apply the laws, policies and regulations in SIP and audit; 10. justify the qualities of inspecting officer; 11. discuss right of entry of EHP; 12. outline the procedure of enforcing non-compliance to SIP and audit; 13. discuss the communication procedures in SIP and audit; 14. describe Environmental Surveillance tools; 15. outline equipment and instrument used in SIP/A; 16. explain the role of private sector in SIP; 17. highlight on the procedure for Certification of Premises; 18. determine Hygiene Rating for Premises; and 19. identify various types of nuisances/inspection parametres.

Concept and principles of inspections. Definitions –Inspection, Sanitary Inspection of Premises (SIP), Sanitary Audit (SA) Standards. Guidelines, Purpose, Objectives of inspection, Procedure and methodology of premises inspection. Ethical issues in sanitary inspection of premises - fairness, objectivity, honesty, openness and many others. Types of premises: residential, commercial, industrial, recreational, hospitality; institutional, mobile premises and special event. Environmental surveillance tools: Tools (form ES 1, 2 …..15); equipment (camera, GPS kits, metre rule, torch light and many others) and instruments (hand held noise level meter, thermometer, air quality monitors, contamination metre [Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP), and many others] for sanitary inspection of premises (SIP); Planning for SIP- area mapping, plan of action, budget, resource mobilisation and utilisation, Strategy for SIP; Qualities of inspecting officer, inspection skills - thoroughness, accuracy and many others. Report writing and dissemination (Environmental Health Management Information System, Local Data Base, web portal, reporting tools; laws, policies, regulations, guidelines and enforcement. Nuisance: types of nuisance – structural nuisance, non-structural nuisance, statutory nuisance; Abatement of nuisance – Abatement Notice, Improvement Notice; Communication on SIP- Behaviour Change Communication (BCC); Target parameters/Nuisances for inspection: Sanitary situation, Toilet facilities (Availability/Access/Cleanliness/Adequacy), Noise level, Temperature, Humidity, Pest & vector infestation, microbial contamination, congestion, water safety waste disposal, crowding, Lighting, Ventilation, Records & Certifications and many others. Certification of Premises – Certificate of Fitness for Habitation; Certificate of Fitness for Use; Certificate of Fitness for Continued Use; Private Sector Participation (PSP) in SIP/A; National Policy Guidelines on Sanitary Inspection of Premises.