THE PRACTITIONER'S TOOL KIT. The Art and Science of Inspection: Part Two.

ENVIRONMENTAL health; FOOD quality; AUDITING; ART; FORENSIC medicine; RESTAURANTS; SCIENCE; FOOD safety; SANITARIANS; HEALTH policy; FOOD; MULTIMEDIA systems; ENVIRONMENTAL exposure; WATER; HEALTH promotion; LABOR supply; GOVERNMENT regulation; SEWAGE

The article provides an overview of the different types of inspections and where and when they are appropriate in the environmental health field. It discusses the basic inspection types including regulatory and multimedia compliance which uses objective and subjective criteria, auditing or on-site verification activity, forensic which relies on time-dependent observations, and evaluation which is performance-based, goal-oriented and data-driven.