Environmental Services - September 2015
Infographic addresses when to use bleach in healthcare facility
Managing spending while attacking HAIs can be a tough balance
9/28/2015
Cleaning standards at UK hospital questioned with 22 C. diff cases in four months
James Cook Hospital cited for a lack of adequate isolation facilities and standards of cleanliness
9/24/2015
Low-cost ways to improve environmental services
Report includes staff-based initiatives to improve operations
9/24/2015
ES plays a growing role in fighting HAIs
Blog on CDC website says organisms that are difficult to kill and impossible to treat make environmental cleaning more important for the safety of patients
9/21/2015
MD Cancer Center ES manager honored
Facility Cleaning Decisions names 2015 Managers of Distinction
9/21/2015
Strategies for successful collaboration between infection prevention and environmental services to target zero HAIs
Studies suggest that when infection prevention (IP) and environmental services professionals work collaboratively, rates of infection transmission, process redundancies and costs are reduced
9/18/2015
Hunterdon Medical Center ES director honored
Facility Cleaning Decisions names 2015 Managers of Distinction
9/18/2015
ES staff hand hygiene is key to infection control
But often there is a lack of understanding and training
9/16/2015
ES 'Departments of the Year' honored
Northside Hospital and Seton Medical Center Williamson win magazine's award
9/15/2015
Nonclinical staff have role in patient satisfaction
Nonclinical staff should consider the myriad ways they can help to improve patient outcomes
9/14/2015
Children's hospital installs a germ-zapping robot
The device is used as an extra layer of patient protection after hospital staff has cleaned the area
9/4/2015