Operations Related to Environmental Hygiene
AHE PERSPECTIVE
How environmental services leaders can help to guide the future of health care.
INFECTION PREVENTION
Six academic medical centers receive $11 million to discover new facility-related methods to reduce health care-associated infections.
INFECTION CONTROL
Associations team up to battle health care-associated infections and promote International Infection Prevention Week.
NEWS
Also this week: EPA orders company to stop selling ineffective disinfectant, the Joint Commission eliminates rules office-based surgery practices and the FDA issues a Class 1 recall..
INFECTION PREVENTION
Literature review recommends new focus to determine best outcomes for environmental cleaning.
OPERATIONS
Has your health system implemented an initiative to improve waste-removal operations?.
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
New AHRQ report gives insight on staff-based initiatives that can help to improve operations and patient outcomes..
NEWS
Also this week: sentinel event statistics from the Joint Commission, and CMS plans to improve physical accessibility of health care facilities..
LIFE SAFETY
120 viscous wall dampers will help to reduce lateral movement caused by wind and earthquakes and reduce the amount of structural steel needed in new facility..
2015 ES DEPARTMENT OF THE YEAR
Northside Hospital and Seton Medical Center Williamson win this year's awards by providing outstanding customer service and top-level results.