The AHE awards and recognition program acknowledges and elevates professionals who have demonstrated the highest level of excellence and leadership. Award recipients are those who work towards advocating and educating themselves on best practices and standards, developing new leaders within a hospital or healthcare facility, and promoting the environmental services profession. Applications are due June 9, 2017.

Make yourself indispensable and advance your career! Plan your education for 2017. Visit AHE’s brand-new 2017 ENGAGE site to learn more about educational courses, podcasts, webinars, and events. And make sure to check out AHE's new EXPRESS Learning Courses. EXPRESS is a mobile learning platform that offers educational podcasts delivered by environmental services and infection prevention thought leaders. You asked for learning opportunities that require less of a time commitment and we delivered!

Jamie Morgan, Health Facilities Management
Parkland Health & Hospital System, Dallas, transferred its main hospital operations to a new facility back in 2015, but its old building still has a great purpose despite no longer serving in a clinical capacity.

Matt Poe, American Laundry News
Experts provide advice on choosing equipment, other automation considerations.

Ann Marie Pettis, RN, BSN, FAPIC, CIC; Michelle Vignari, RN, CIC, Healthcare Facilities Today
One of the more challenging tasks healthcare facilities face is the evaluation of and investment in new technologies.

Infection Control Today
According to the CDC's FluView report for the week ending Feb. 4, 2017 (week 5), flu activity continues to increase and is widespread in most of the United States.

Brian Zimmerman, Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality
As international travel, climate change and ecological degradation fuel the global spread of infectious disease, having a firm grasp on epidemiological nomenclature is becoming increasingly important.

Brian Zimmerman, Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality
When others are present, people are more likely to wash their hands in a public restroom, according to the annual Healthy Hand Washing survey conducted by the Bradley Corporation.

Michele Canty, Daily Press
As she was moved from an emergency hospital bed to one for an inpatient stay, Vicki Bryant noticed the difference right away.

Brian Frankie, Hospitals & Health Networks
Speakers stress governance, confronting change at American Hospital Association's Rural Health Care Conference.

Scott Becker and Tamara Rosin, Becker's Hospital Review
When we think about leadership, we think of seven things.

By Carl Solomon Sr., MBA, FAHE, CHESP

By Carrie Schuster

CMIP, the Certificate of Mastery in Infection Prevention for Environmental Services Professionals (CMIP) is a robust certificate program which requires online pre-work and an in-person training session, along with an optional post-session capstone project/assessment. This intensive 30-hour certificate program provides Environmental Services professionals with the requisite knowledge to meet the CMS requirements for a "trained" professional in infection prevention and control specific to the clinical environment of care.