Environmental Services October 2014 - Posts About Healthcare Facilities Management
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10/31/2014
Laundry council backs CDC Ebola guidelines
The Healthcare Laundry Accreditation Council (HLAC) is advising healthcare laundries to follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on processing Ebola-related linens
10/28/2014
Controlling allergies in a long-term living facility
A blog on the Long-Term Living website offers five environmental tips to surviving allergy season
10/20/2014
OSHA issues Ebola guidance
The agency is being urged to move forward with an infectious-disease rule initiated in 2010
10/15/2014
Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center FM honored
Brian Tallmadge recognized with 'Managers of Distinction' Award
10/13/2014
Protecting healthcare workers from splash exposures
Splashes occur during workers' daily activities like emptying suction cups, spraying bedpans or changing fecal tubes of catheters
10/13/2014
When Ebola is suspected but not confirmed, linen should be left in the room until test results are obtained
If the tests show the patient is not infected, the linen can be processed according to regular procedure, if the patient has the virus, the linen should be discarded and treated as regulated medical waste
10/10/2014
Outstanding healthcare environmental services professionals honored
Honorees recognized for making a difference for patients and long-term care residents
10/10/2014
CDC: Discard Ebola patient linens as regulated medical waste
CDC lists laundry and housekeeping staff as 'healthcare personnel' who should follow its recommendations during cleaning and disinfection activities
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10/6/2014
Environmental services 'secret weapon' against HAIs
Scientist says environmental services staff rarely appear on the radar of hospital administrators except when there's a need for budget cuts
10/6/2014
Scottish hospital not clean enough for HEI inspectors
Inspectors found contaminated linen on 'ready to use' patient beds
10/1/2014
Survey names 10 cleanest Dallas hospitals
Facilities chosen from Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey data