Operations Related to Environmental Hygiene

INSIDE HFM
Awards recognize those crucial to the health care mission.
AHE PERSPECTIVE
Environmental services can play a critical role in the patient experience.
SUSTAINABILITY
Has your health care organization adopted recycling as a revenue stream?.
NEWS
Also this week: AHE gathers data to establish baseline staffing guidelines, and FDA seeks comments on medical device safety.
INFECTION CONTROL
Report cites dearth of evidence to support the use antimicrobials included in furnishing products..
TECHNOLOGY
Has your health care organization made a significant technology investment to improve facility operations in the last year?.
NEWS
Also this week: CDC makes PPE recommendations to protect against Zika and the FDA proposes a ban on powdered medical gloves.
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
Researcher shares lessons learned from 14 ED observations on how to reduce health care-associated infections.
ENVIRONMENTAL
Program separates waste from six hospitals and employs developmentally disabled persons.
INFECTION PREVENTION
As smartphone and tablet use grows among facility professionals, health systems need to make sure these traveling surfaces are cleaned properly.